Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time (Helix Books)

1. Vectors -- 2. Symmetry in physical laws -- 3. The special theory of relativity -- 4. Relativistic energy and momentum -- 5. Space-time -- 6. Curved space.;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. Learn about Einstein#39;s theory of relativity from a physics Nobel laureate and quot;one of the greatest minds of the twentieth centuryquot; ( New York Review of Books ) in six memorable lessons It was Richard Feynman#39;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.#160;In Six Not-So-Easy Pieces , taken from these famous Lectures on Physics , Feynman delves into one of the most revolutionary discoveries in twentieth-century physics: Einstein#39;s theory of relativity. The idea that the flow of time is not a 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. #160; No one not even Einstein himself explained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Feynman. Filled with wonderful examples and clever illustrations,#160; Six Not-So-Easy Pieces #160;is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of physics by one of the most admired and accessible physicists of all time. #160; There is no better explanation for the scientifically literate layman. Washington Post Book World Learn about Einstein's theory of relativity from a physics Nobel laureate and "one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century" ( New York Review of Books ) in six memorable lessons It was Richard 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 on Physics , 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 a 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 Feynman. Filled with wonderful examples and clever illustrations, Six Not-So-Easy Pieces is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of physics by one of the most admired and accessible physicists of all time. “There is no better explanation for the scientifically literate layman.” – Washington Post Book World No single breakthrough in twentieth-century physics (with the possible exception of quantum mechanics) changed our view of the world more than that of Einstein's discovery of relativity. The notions that the flow of time is not a 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 so clearly and so entertainingly in the lectures chosen for this volume, these crazy notions are no mere dry principles of physics, but are 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