Six Easy Pieces

<b>Learn how to think like a physicist from a Nobel laureate and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century (<i>New York Review of Books</i>) with these six classic and beloved lessons</b> <br> 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 around the world. <i>Six Easy Pieces</i> taken from these famous Lectures on Physics represent the most accessible material from the series. In these classic lessons Feynman introduces the general reader to the following topics: atoms basic physics energy gravitation quantum mechanics and the relationship of physics to other topics. With his dazzling and inimitable wit Feynman presents each discussion with a minimum of jargon. Filled with wonderful examples and clever illustrations <i>Six Easy Pieces</i> is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of physics by one of the most admired and accessible physicists of modern times. <b>If one book was all that could be passed on to the next generation of scientists it would undoubtedly have to be <i>Six Easy Pieces.</i>- John Gribbin <i>New Scientist</i></b>