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

• Main Author: Resag, Jörg (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Biographies,
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.