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Feynman could develop far-reaching physical notions from the most modest of investments in concepts, with scarcely any mathematics and very little in the way of technical jargon.
The Character of Physical Law is a series of seven lectures by physicist Richard Feynman concerning the nature of the laws of physics. Feynman delivered the lectures in 1964 at Cornell University, as part of the Messenger Lectures series.
- Richard Phillips Feynman
- 1965
Mar 10, 2017 · In this classic book (originally published in 1967), Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws and gathers their common features, arguing that the importance of a physical law is not “how clever we are to have found it out” but “how clever nature is to pay attention to it.”
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- Richard Phillips Feynman
- $11.69
- The MIT Press
The lectures are about the character of physical law, that is, what kinds of things show up in the laws of physics, their symmetries and conservations. It is easy to understand how an object can be symmetrical, but how can a physical law have a symmetry?
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Penguin Adult, 1992 - Science - 192 pages. Collecting legendary lectures from freewheeling scientific genius Richard P. Feynman, The Character of Physical Law is the perfect example of Feynman's...
- Richard P Feynman
- illustrated, reprint, revised
- Paul Davies
- Penguin Adult, 1992
Rather than an essay on the most significant achievements in modern science, The Character of Physical Law is a statement of what is most remarkable in nature. Feynman's...
Mar 10, 2017 · In this classic book (originally published in 1967), Feynman offers an overview of selected physical laws and gathers their common features, arguing that the importance of a physical law is not...
