Book Description
Audio recordings of Feynman's famous Caltech course on which his classic textbook, Lectures on Physics, was based.

Volume 3: From Crystal Structure to Magnetism includes chapters on the internal geometry of crystals, the refractive index of dense materials, elastic materials, dielectrics, and magnetism. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (104)

For the love of physics ...
Here's the deal.If ya wanna do this whole physics thing vanilla-style, go buy and read a nice physics textbook.If you want to taste physics - really take it in, like a delicious chocolate mousse or a symphony orchestra or Shakespeare done by British folk, this is where you have to be.If you have the resources, the best way to really dive in is to listen to the actual lectures and use these great sets of books as a resource as you go along - and then to take it all in again afterwards (and the books clean up the mistakes here and there in the lectures).

I am not a scientist nor an engineer, I just like to learn stuff from the best and this is the best.When my wife asks me why I am laughing to a man in the 1960's lecturing about "the characteristics of forces" (Volume 1, Chapt. 12), it is truly an inside joke that cannot be explained, but instead must be experienced.

Textbook vs. Laurence Olivier, ... the choice was simple for me, and I will never be the same.

feynman lectures on physics
I ordered this set of books for my son, therefore, I am unable to review the product.However, the books arrived a couple of days after they were expected.

P-rnoPhysics (based mostly on Volume II)
Feyman is the p-rno king of physics.And here's 5 reasons why. First, Feynman's communication and lecture style can only be described as NAKED: all academic pretensions are stripped down and shuffled off.Second,the expected chalk-board room missionary position (top-down institutional power and bottom-up passive acceptance) is often dispensed with and then replaced with what I can only describe as kama-sutra-like methods and techniques (Feyman leverages components of top-down know-how and bottom-up personal power with awe-inspiring ease).Third, Feyman never fools around with the daytime-softcore-soap torsoshot: nope, he gives us all the ins-and-outs--from magnetism as relativistic effect to what he terms "the principle of least action."Fourth, Feyman actually has two wing-men, Sands of Stanford and Leighton also of Caltech, to make absolutely sure that all the subject's needs are fully taken care of.Fifth, there are actually no problems included for the reader or listener to solve: just like with a p-rno, there's no real girl for the audience.

This fifth one is a crime!There were problems given to Cal tech students originally.These should be added to the printed lectures.That's why I can only give this book 3 stars.I love Feynman and all his material (his later books such as QED show a definite improvement in style; due to a greater maturity probably).Without the problems and worked out solutions, well...let's just say that the editors really suck.

It worths
The collection is one of the best books available for basic physics nowadays. The commemorative issue is even better. Indispensable for physicists and students with interests in this area

It's not just about physics
The joy of these books is not that you learn physics from them. What these books offer is Feynman's contagious wonder about things, his command of the material, and his unique way of presenting complicated ideas from a perspective understandable even to laymen. In the preface, Feynman says that the lectures are "a failure" but that is from the point of view of preparing students to pass examinations. From our point of view, they are THE treasure of Feynman's legacy. It ranks with the greatest science books of all time.

If you aren't that familiar with Feynman, start with Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman. I read that book over and over until I almost have it memorized, funny, profound, and beautiful book. Then Six Easy Pieces presents a few of the less mathematical and more easily understandable lectures. Then for the meat, come here, you won't be disappointed unless you are preparing for a sophomore physics examination. ... Read more

Book Description
Molecular Magnetism introduces graduates and researchers in chemistry and physics to this newly developed field. This is an exciting area, allowing the development of novel magnetic materials, such as purely organic ferromagnets, to be used in a variety of applications. The book also covers the experimental and theoretical background before discussing the molecular design and synthesis of organic and metal-organic magnetic materials. The properties of various materials, including polyradicals, polymers and other interesting phenomena, such as those associated with photo-induced magnets, are also discussed. Molecular Magnetism is of interest to students and researchers in chemistry, solid state physics, materials science, electronics, photonics and polymer engineering. ... Read more