Selected Papers of Richard Feynman: With Commentary (World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics, Volume 27)

This is a collection of scientific papers by Richard Feynman, renowned for their brilliant content and the author's striking style. They are grouped by topic: path integral approach to the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, renormalized quantum electrodynamics, theory of superfluid liquid helium, theory of the Fermi interaction, polarons, gravitation, partons, computer theory, and more. Comments on Feynman's topics are provided by the editor, together with biographical notes and a complete bibliography of Feynman's publications PREFACE RICHARD PHILLIPS FEYNMAN I. Quantum Chemistry II. Classical and Quantum Electrodynamics II.A Classical and Quantum Electrodynamics - The Space-Time View II.B Action-at-a-Distance Classical Electrodynamics II.C Quantum Electrodynamics III. Path Integrals and Operator Calculus: QED and Other Applications Space-Time Approach to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics Mathematical Formulation of the Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Interaction An Operator Calculus Having Applications in Quantum Electrodynamics Slow Electrons in a Polar Crystal Mobility of Slow Electrons in a Polar Crystal The Theory of a General Quantum System interacting with a Linear Dissipative System IV. Liquid Helium THE PHYSICAL REVIEW CHAPTER II APPLICATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS TO LIQUID HELIUM THE PHYSICAL REVIEW V. Physics of Elementary Particles V.A Weak Interactions (V-A Theory) V.B Partons - Quarks and Gluons VI. Quantum Gravity QUANTUM THEORY OF GRAVITATION Closed Loop and Tree Diagrams Problems in Quantizing the Gravitational Field, and the Massless Yang-Mills Field VII. Computer Theory Simulating Physics with Computers The Computing Machines in the Future Quantum Mechanical Computers BIBLIOGRAPHY These scientific papers of Richard Feynman are renowned for their brilliant content and the authorâ€TMs striking original style. They are grouped by topic: path integral approach to the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, renormalized quantum electrodynamics, theory of superfluid liquid helium, theory of the Fermi interaction, polarons, gravitation, partons, computer theory, etc. Comments on Feynmanâ€TMs topics are provided by the editor, together with biographical notes and a complete bibliography of Feynmanâ€TMs publications These reprinted papers of Feynman (1918-88), Los Alamos scientist and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for physics in 1965, address quantum chemistry, classical and quantum electrodynamics path integrals and operator calculus, liquid helium, the physics of elementary particles, quantum gravity, and computer theory. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) A collection of scientific papers by Richard Feynman. They are grouped by topic, including renormalized quantum electrodynamics, gravitation, partons, and more. Comments on Feynman's topics are provided by the editor, along with biographical notes and a bibliography of Feynman's publications. In his final year as an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Feynman published with one of his teachers, Manuel S. Vallarta, a Letter to the Editor of the Physical Review on cosmic rays [1].