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Richard P. Feynman

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Richard Phillips Feynman (1918–1988) was an American theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum electrodynamics, particle physics, and quantum computation. He worked on the Manhattan Project, taught at Cornell and Caltech, and shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum electrodynamics. Feynman was also renowned as an educator and public intellectual through his lectures, textbooks, memoirs, popular science books, correspondence, and accounts of the Challenger investigation.

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Cover of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

The most accessible entry point to Feynman's personality, life, and storytelling voice.

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat

The natural starting point for readers seeking Feynman's foundational teaching in physics.

Cover of QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

A concise, highly accessible introduction to Feynman's signature subject, quantum electrodynamics.

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics

A three-volume introductory physics textbook series based on Richard Feynman's Caltech undergraduate lectures and edited with Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands.

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  1. 1
    The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat

    Book 1 · textbook · 1963

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  2. 2
    The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 2: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter

    Book 2 · textbook · 1964

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  3. 3
    The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 3: Quantum Mechanics

    Book 3 · textbook · 1965

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Outside the series

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Novels (1)
  1. The Art of Richard P. Feynman: Images by a Curious Character

    graphic-nonfiction · 1995

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Nonfiction (3)
  1. Cover of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

    memoir · 1985

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  2. Cover of QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
    QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

    popular-science · 1985

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  3. What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character

    memoir · 1988

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Essays and speeches (8)
  1. Cover of The Theory of Fundamental Processes: A Lecture Note Volume
    The Theory of Fundamental Processes: A Lecture Note Volume

    lecture-notes · 1961

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  2. Cover of Quantum Electrodynamics: A Lecture Note and Reprint Volume
    Quantum Electrodynamics: A Lecture Note and Reprint Volume

    lecture-notes · 1962

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  3. Cover of The Character of Physical Law
    The Character of Physical Law

    lecture-collection · 1965

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  4. Cover of Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures
    Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures

    lecture-collection · 1987

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  5. Cover of Feynman Lectures on Gravitation
    Feynman Lectures on Gravitation

    lecture-notes · 1995

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  6. Cover of Feynman Lectures on Computation
    Feynman Lectures on Computation

    lecture-collection · 1996

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  7. Cover of Feynman's Lost Lecture: The Motion of Planets Around the Sun
    Feynman's Lost Lecture: The Motion of Planets Around the Sun

    lecture-collection · 1996

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  8. The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist

    essay-collection · 1998

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Other (4)
  1. Cover of Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals
    Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals

    scholarly-monograph · 1965

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  2. Cover of Feynman's Thesis: A New Approach to Quantum Theory
    Feynman's Thesis: A New Approach to Quantum Theory

    thesis-collection · 2005

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  3. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman

    correspondence · 2005

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  4. Cover of Feynman's Tips on Physics: A Problem-Solving Supplement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics
    Feynman's Tips on Physics: A Problem-Solving Supplement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics

    problem-solving supplement · 2006

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