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19 reviews for:
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 1
Matthew L. Sands, Robert B. Leighton, Richard P. Feynman
4.59 AVERAGE
19 reviews for:
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 1
Matthew L. Sands, Robert B. Leighton, Richard P. Feynman
4.59 AVERAGE
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Like most others who get a chance to know about him, I adore what was Richard Feynman and find him a source of continual inspiration. I study physics at university, and I've given this book a try. It gives clear access to his mind, and I have taken away countless gems that have built up concepts in my mind. I've struggled with it's nature though - I've tried to appraoch it like any other textbook, and found it just doesn't work like that. It's not for systematic study. Instead, I dip into it and read a chapter now and then when it's relevent and can add to current study - more for motivation and inspiration than anything.
Still have my set from high school! Although I confess I didn't really appreciate them until years later.
mechanics and heat aren’t my favourite topics but this was a fun little overview. i like that it’s technical enough to teach a course off of but also entertaining enough that i could just read it. i look forward to the other two more
I recognize that few will purchase this, but it is the most incredible set of explanations of the basic principles of physics by the most infectiously charming and lucid teacher of it. It has a great conversational tone and is thereby quite readable. Feynman provides excellent examples and thorough explanation. He also gives his honest opinion (as always) to anything controversial. Just a great read if you are curious about such things.
After a long time (what was it, almost a year?) of reading three or four lectures at a time, I've finished at least a first pass through the Feynman Lectures! There's no such thing as being done with these lectures (I'm already back into the first, skimming through things again) which seem to take more and more brilliant shades on with increasing intuition. If Feynman wasn't the greatest mind of the 20th century, then I'd at least wager he was the sharpest, and the most empathetic to the learner. His friendly examples and ability to link disparate examples within physics together absolutely astounds.
I'm learning physics in a bad generation, I'm sure of it. Reading Feynman's teachings makes me nostalgic for a community of particle physicists I've only ever met in pages.
I'm learning physics in a bad generation, I'm sure of it. Reading Feynman's teachings makes me nostalgic for a community of particle physicists I've only ever met in pages.
Although the Feynman Lectures are not always well-pitched for their intended undergraduate audience, the author's explanations of many physics topics are unsurpassed. The writing is lucid, well-structured and authoritative, and only let down a little by Feynman's occasional failure to appreciate the difficulty of the concepts he is setting out.