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Sei pezzi meno facili. Relatività einsteiniana, simmetria, spazio-tempo
Incoraggiati dallo strepitoso successo dei Sei pezzi facili, i curatori hanno invano passato al setaccio le Lectures on Physics nella speranza di trovare altri «pezzi» dello stesso tipo. In compenso si sono imbattuti in una folta serie di testi di livello leggermente superiore – «meno facili», ma non al punto da non essere accessibili anche a studenti alle prime armi. Il f
...morePaperback, 1st edition Piccola Biblioteca Adelphi [512], 223 pages
Published
2004
by Adelphi
(first published 1963)
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Pretty aptly titled book. In contrast to "Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher", there was a lot more mathematical formalism that was a little tough to follow, but with patience could be understood. The six lectures are put together so you can better understand Einsteins' special and general relativity. The book really made me appreciate the power of mathematics and interpretation to determine the nature of the real world. I actually found out how they d...more
Apr 18, 2011
Prooost Davis
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Curious characters
"Not so easy" is right! Feynman designed these lectures so that, he hoped, physics non-majors would be able to grasp the concepts, while majors would get a sense of the excitement of physics and maintain their interest.
There is a lot of math in the book, but one can ignore most of it (as I did), and try to understand the ideas from Feynman's very clear and simple language. But, simple as Feynman's language is, these concepts are hard for even a smart person to get his or her head around. We have...more
There is a lot of math in the book, but one can ignore most of it (as I did), and try to understand the ideas from Feynman's very clear and simple language. But, simple as Feynman's language is, these concepts are hard for even a smart person to get his or her head around. We have...more
Ah yes, the six not-so-easy pieces. Another winner!
This book is more "hard science" than it's predecessor. Meaning that there is more math and mental effort required to follow along. But not a lot, as the bulk of the discussion is still textual. One can skip over the vector math sections and still get the "gist" of the topic: relativity. Thus, enjoying the way Feynman approaches and details how we see "our world" versus those stuck in a two dimensional one.
The book is a treat (as are the other b...more
This book is more "hard science" than it's predecessor. Meaning that there is more math and mental effort required to follow along. But not a lot, as the bulk of the discussion is still textual. One can skip over the vector math sections and still get the "gist" of the topic: relativity. Thus, enjoying the way Feynman approaches and details how we see "our world" versus those stuck in a two dimensional one.
The book is a treat (as are the other b...more
Feynman, Richard P. SIX NOT-SO-EASY PIECES. (1997). ***. I don’t want to scare anyone off with my so-so rating of three stars. If you are in a university now, majoring in one of the hard sciences, or if you are a practising physicist, you will love this book. For me – having been out of it now for a few years – it brought back painful memories of how hard I had to work to get through some of my courses, and never really understood much of what I was supposed to have learned. The first (of six) l...more
Richard Feynman was a brilliant, creative teacher. In this volume he tackles some of the trickier subjects in physics. He starts slowly, even simplistically with a discussion of symmetry and builds one upon the other taking the reader through some relativistic topics and finally concluding with a fantastic description of space-time geometry. In a few short lessons, he showed me what had taken months at university to understand. I wish there were more teachers like him today.
I learned that there are somethings I cannot grasp and sometimes these things are not understandable by most people. I am one of them when it comes to this book. However, the main thing is that I learned that this man was unique in that he was brilliant and could teach also. A most commendable combination in any person....plus he had a sense of humour! I honor the man even though I did not understand most of the book.
This is an easy and fun read. The book is great for the layperson who is curious about more advanced physics. However, the book lacks detail and in-depth explanations. Some may see this as an advantage, but as a grad student in physics and math I found it annoying. There are far to many pop culture physics books out there that simplify things so much as to be meaningless. This book comes close.
Feynman diagrams prompted me to explore Feynman more widely when I was studying for my A-Levels... These were definitely too hard for me, but brought some great concepts forward. Subsequently, due to his style of writing, I read "What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character" which was fantastic.
This starts easy, but if you're not a theoretical physicist things start getting ugly around piece number 4. The elegance of the prequel to this book, 6 Easy Pieces, is sullied by clunky visuals and obtuse explanations of space-time. Richard Feynman first aroused and then promptly snuffed out my interest in physics in two short weeks.
Questa volta i curatori hanno selezionato delle lezioni strettamente correlate tra loro ottenendo un risultato molto pi� organico rispetto ai pezzi facili. Un ottimo libro per chiunque stia cercando un trattazione rigorosa ma non eccessivamente complessa della relativit�.
Not a bad read. It is a collection of excerpts from the famous Feynman Lectures. It is somewhere between textbook and book. Some of it contains an interesting take on physics material, which I enjoyed. Some of it seems very like a very contrived attempt at marketing Feynman.
I decided to get the audiobook of this rather than read it because the enthusiasm and timing of the lines is better from the man himself and it's true. There were a few stretches when I would have preferred to have the equations in front of me rather than listening to him describe them all though!
Fun and accessible overview of these rich topics. New ideas I gleaned where the curious implications of life's basis in left-handed moecules and a better understanding of "symmetry" as a general, abstract idea.
Excellent little book that explains the gist of relativity. Concepts are explained using math a smart high schooler should be able to follow. Lot's better than the one-chapters introductions of relativity you find in Hawkins or Greene
I like what Michio Kaku said about the book, "Reading this book is like peering over Newton's or Einstein's shoulder." It has been awhile since I took this type of physics course in school and I liked the book better than the actual course!
Richard, I've known you only for a little while, but in that time, you have inspired me and brought limitless joy to my life. I love you, Richard Feynman.
Very appropriate title, especially if one has not read complete lecture series. One more book that needs to re-read.Classic Feynman otherwise.
Another clear book by Feynman. The so-called not-so-easy pieces are made easy through his explications, and some solutions to problems mentioned are innovative. Highly recommended.
Dick Feynman is one of my favorite curious characters. His lectures and writings are so wonderfully entertaining and thoughtfully accurate. Even 50 years after his original Caltech, his vision of the world and the physics that runs it all is genius. For any physics or science student, his works are all absolutely must reads. For anyone simply seeking the joy of finding things out, his popular books are highly recommended. I personally prefer the audio versions of his lectures that contain his or...more
Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time (Helix Books) by Richard Phillips Feynman (1998)
OK so you need to know math to get a lot of this one, but if you are a fan of physics this is great.
Jan 02, 2010
Kushal Srivastava
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Super smart Feynman once again presents facts that you already know under a totally new light.
I like to think about the sort of ideas discussed in this book and the related "Six Easy Pieces" book.
I listen to this on my iPod. It would have been great to been in one of his classes.
As the title suggests, much harder going than the preceding, Six easy pieces, but still worthwhile. Feynman set out to ensure that there'd be something to interest every level of competence in his undergraduate lectures, thus it wasn't his intention that everyone grasp everything he said/wrote in these. That's somewhat reassuring, since I only "got" about half of these. Still very much a worthwhile read, though, for all the glimpses I got of the beauty of the machinery of the universe, and the e...more
what is the theory of retentivity does it realted with gravitional
May 19, 2011
Paraskevi Oppio
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physics
Again another brilliant book by Feynman.
Nice introduction to basic concepts of physics.
Some of these really are not easy :-)
Descriptions are redundant.
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Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics (he proposed the parton model). For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman was a joint recipient of the Nobel Pr...more
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