Richard Feynman Lectures on Physics Complete Volumes

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics is a 1964 physics textbook by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands, based upon the lectures given by Feynman to undergraduate students at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1961–1963. It includes lectures on mathematics, electromagnetism, Newtonian physics, quantum physics, and the relation of physics to other sciences. Six readily accessible chapters were later compiled into a book entitled Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher, and six more in Six Not So Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry and Space-Time. The first volume focuses on mechanics, radiation, and heat. The second volume is mainly on electromagnetism and matter. The third volume, on quantum mechanics, shows, for example, how the double-slit experiment contains the essential features of quantum mechanics.

By 1960, Richard Feynman’s research and discoveries in physics had resolved a number of troubling inconsistencies in several fundamental theories. In particular, it was his work in quantum electrodynamics which would lead to the awarding in 1965 of the Nobel Prize in physics. At the same time that Feynman was at the pinnacle of his fame, the faculty of the California Institute of Technology was concerned about the quality of the introductory courses being offered to the undergraduate students. It was felt that these were burdened by an old-fashioned syllabus and that the exciting discoveries of recent years, many of which had occurred at Caltech, were not being conveyed to the students.

Thus, it was decided to reconfigure the first physics course offered to students at Caltech, with the goal being to generate more excitement in the students. Feynman readily agreed to give the course, though only once. Aware of the fact that this would be a historic event, Caltech recorded each lecture and took photographs of each drawing made on the blackboard by Feynman. Based on the lectures and the tape recordings, a team of physicists and graduate students put together a manuscript that would become The Feynman Lectures on Physics.

Although Feynman's most valuable technical contribution to the field of physics may have been in the field of quantum electrodynamics, the Feynman Lectures were destined to become his most widely read work.

Problems And Solutions On Atomic Nuclear And Particle Physics - Yung-Kuo Lim

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 Solving problems in course work is an exercise of the mental facilities, and examination problems are usually chosen, or set similar to such problems. Working out problems is thus an essential and important aspect of
the study of physics.

The series Major American University Ph.D. Qualifying Questions and Solutions comprises seven volumes and is the result of months of work of a number of Chinese physicists. The subjects of the volumes and the
respective coordinators are as follows:

1. Mechanics (Qiang Yan-qi, Gu En-pu, Cheng Jia-fu, Li Ze-hua, Yang De-tian)
2. Electromagnetism (Zhao Shu-ping, You Jun-han, Zhu Jun-jie)
3. Optics (Bai Gui-ru, Guo Guang-can)
4. Atomic, Nuclear and Particle Physics (Jin Huai-cheng, Yang Bao-zhong, Fan Yang-mei)
5. Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics (Zheng Jiu-ren)
6. Quantum Mechanics (Zhang Yong-de, Zhu Dong-pei, Fan Hong-yi)
7. Solid State Physics and Miscellaneous Topics (Zhang Jia-lu, Zhou
You-yuan, Zhang Shi-ling).

These volumes, which cover almost all aspects of university physics, contain 2550 problems, mostly solved in detail. The problems have been carefully chosen from a total of 3100 problems, collected from the China-U.S.A. Physics Examination and Application Program, the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination on Experimental High Energy Physics sponsored by Chao-Chong Ting, and the graduate qualifying examinations of seven world-renowned American universities: Columbia University, the University of California at Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Chicago,Princeton University, and the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Generally speaking, examination problems in physics in American universities do not require too much mathematics. They can be characterized to a large extent as follows. Many problems are concerned with the
various frontier subjects and overlapping domains of topics, having been selected from the setters own research encounters. These problems show a “modern” flavor. Some problems involve a wide field and require a sharp mind for their analysis, while others require simple and practical methods demanding a fine “touch of physics”. Indeed, we believe that these problems, as a whole, reflect to some extent the characteristics of American science and culture, as well as give a glimpse of the philosophy underlying American education.