Feynman and His Physics The Life and Science of an Extraordinary Man /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Resag, Jörg (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Springer Biographies,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Science education.; Space sciences.; Popular Science in Physics.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Science Education.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

This book takes the reader on a journey through the life of Richard Feynman and describes, in non-technical terms, his revolutionary contributions to modern physics. Feynman was an unconventional thinker who always tried to get to the bottom of things. In doing so, he developed an intuitive view tha...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Adolescent years and the principle of least action
• Princeton, Path Integrals, and the Manhattan Project
• Feynman's Path to Quantum Electrodynamics
• California, super cold helium, and the weak interaction
• From researcher to teacher and Nobel Prize winner
• Quarks, computers, and the Challenger disaster
• Glossary
• Sources and Literature.