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100	1	\|aFeynman, Richard P.\|q(Richard Phillips),\|d1918-1988.
245	10	\|aSix not-so-easy pieces :\|bEinstein's relativity, symmetry, and space-time /\|cRichard P. Feynman, with Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands ; introduction by Roger Penrose.
246	3	\|a6 not-so-easy pieces.
260		\|aNew York :\|bBasic Books,\|cc2011.
300		\|axxvii, 154 p. :\|bill. ;\|c21 cm.
500		\|aFrom Feynman's "Lectures on Physics" delivered at the California Institute of Technology between 1961 and 1963.
504		\|aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	\|aONE: Vectors -- Symmetry in physics -- Translations -- Rotations -- Vectors -- Vector algebra -- Newton's laws in vector notation -- Scalar product of vectors -- TWO: Symmetry in Physical Laws -- Symmetry operations -- Symmetry in space and time -- Symmetry and conservation laws -- Mirror reflections -- Polar and axial vectors -- Which hand is right? -- Parity is not conserved! -- Antimatter -- Broken symmetries -- THREE: The Special Theory of Relativity -- The principle of relativity -- The Lorentz transformation -- The Michelson-Morley experiment -- Transformation of time -- The Lorentz contraction -- Simultaneity -- Four-vectors -- Relativistic dynamics -- Equivalence of mass and energy -- FOUR: Relativistic Energy and Momentum -- Relativity and the philosophers -- The twin paradox -- Transformation of velocities -- Relativistic mass -- Relativistic energy -- FIVE: Space-Time -- The geometry of space-time -- Space-time intervals -- Past, present, and future -- More about four-vectors -- Four-vector algebra -- SIX: Curved Space -- Curved spaces with two dimensions -- Curvature in three-dimensional space -- Our space is curved -- Geometry in space-time -- Gravity and the principle of equivalence -- The speed of clocks in a gravitational field -- The curvature of space-time -- Motion in curved space-time -- Einstein's theory of gravitation.
520		\|aIt was Feynman's outrageous and scintillating method of teaching that earned him legendary status among students and professors of physics. From 1961 to 1963, Feynman delivered a series of lectures at the California Institute of Technology that revolutionized the teaching of physics. In Six Not-So-Easy Pieces, taken from these famous lectures, Feynman delves into one of the most revolutionary discoveries in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's theory of relativity. The idea that the flow of time is not constant, that the mass of an object depends on its velocity, and that the speed of light is a constant no matter what the motion of the observer, at first seemed shocking to scientists and laymen alike. But as Feynman shows, these tricky ideas are not merely dry principles of physics, but things of beauty and elegance. No one--not even Einstein himself--explained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Richard Feynman. Filled with wonderful examples and clever illustrations, Six Not-So-Easy Pieces is the ideal introduction to fundamentals of physics by one of the most admired and accessible physicists of all times.
520		\|a"...In the challenging 'Six Not-So-Easy Pieces', Feynman delves into one of the most revolutionary discoveries in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's Theory of Relativity..."--P. [4] of cover.
650	0	\|aSpace and time.
650	0	\|aSpecial relativity (Physics)
650	0	\|aSymmetry (Physics)
700	1	\|aLeighton, Robert B.
700	1	\|aSands, Matthew L.\|q(Matthew Linzee)
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Six lectures, all regarding the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's Theory of Relativity. No one--not even Einstein himself--explained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Feynman.
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Richard P. Feynman was Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on the development of quantum field theory. He was also one of the most famous and beloved figures of the twentieth century, both in physics and as a public intellectual.
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