The Development Of The Space-time View Of Quantum Electrodynamics

by Richard P. Feynman

Feynman's Nobel Lecture

The records at Caltech indicate that the written version of Feynman’s Nobel Lecture originates from a transcript of the lecture delivered by Feynman at Caltech some time after it was given at the Nobel ceremonies. Copies of the transcript were provided to the Nobel Foundation and to the editors of Science and Physics Today. The Nobel Foundation published the lecture in Les Prix Nobel en 1965, Norstedt, 1966, in Nobel Lectures, Physics, 1963-1970, Elsevier, 1972, and it appears in The Selected Papers of Richard Feynman, World Scientific Press, 2000. In addition, the lecture is posted at the Nobel Foundation web site, http://nobelprize.org/ . This version of Feynman’s Nobel Lecture was prepared to improve the readability of the text by correcting many small errors that appear in the previously published versions.

20 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

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 Prize in Physics in 1965, together with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. Feynman developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. During his lifetime and after his death, Feynman became one of the most publicly known scientists in the world.

He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb and was a member of the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In addition to his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing, and introducing the concept of nanotechnology (creation of devices at the molecular scale). He held the Richard Chace Tolman professorship in theoretical physics at Caltech.

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Reviews

[Andrey Oleynik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Это прекрасный пример Фейнмановского подхода в лекциях и его книгах, когда объясняя что-то научное и сложное, он рассказывает байки, рассказывает о своем пути в исследовании определенной физической задачи. Некоторые вещи из этой лекции будут понятны многим, многое будет понятным только физикам теоретикам и людям с аналогичкой физ мат подготовокой. Ценность статьи в том, что Ричард Фейнман рассказывает об извилистых путях в науке. О том, как он пытаясь избавится от бесконечных расходимостей нашел новые подходы в квантовой электродинамике, о том как другой взгляд или другая формулировка известной физической теории может привести к совершенно новым результатам и, в том числе, и к Нобелевской премии. Статья есть в русском переводе в журнале УФН https://ufn.ru/ru/articles/1967/1/c/

[J_BlueFlower · Rating 3 out of 5]

Richard Feynman's Nobel prize lecture. Quite technical most of the time. A unique piece of lecture/essay as he tells about what he “actually did in order to get to do the work”, including some mistakes and blind alleys. Not something you see very often. Even though I have a physics background I could not follow the technical details. I am sure the audience had a good solid nap.... or maybe they had many years practice sitting through similar every year?

Recommended only for Feynman fans or people with a strong interest in the development of physics.