The Feynman lectures on physics. Volume 1, Mainly mechanics, radiation, and heat

By: Feynman,Richard PContributor(s): Sands, Matthew | Leighton, Robert BMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi: Narosa Pub., 1963Description: Vol.I; xxvi, 1pp-665ppISBN: 9788185015828 ; 8185015821Subject(s): Mechanics | RadiationDDC classification: 530
Contents:
Atoms in motion -- Basic physics -- The relation of physics to other sciences -- Conservation of energy -- Time and distance -- Probability -- The theory of gravitation -- Motion -- Newton's laws of dynamics -- Conservation of momentum -- Vectors -- Characteristics of force -- Work and potential energy (A) -- Work and potential energy (conclusion) -- The special theory of relativity -- Relativistic energy and momentum -- Space-time -- Rotation in two dimensions -- Center of mass; moment of intertia -- Rotation in space -- The harmonic oscillation -- Algebra -- Resonance -- Transients -- Linear systems and review -- Optics: the principle of least time -- Geometrical optics -- Electromagnetic radiation -- Interference -- Diffraction -- The origin of the refractive index -- Radiation damping. Light scattering -- Polarization -- Relativistic effects in radiation -- Color vision -- Mechanisms of seeing -- Quantum behavior -- The relation of wave and particle viewpoints -- The kinetic theory of gases -- The principles of statistical mechanics -- The Brownian movement -- Applications of kinetic theory -- Diffusion -- The laws of thermodynamics -- Illustrations of thermodynamics -- Ratchet and pawl -- Sound. The wave equation -- Beats -- Modes -- Harmonics -- Waves -- Symmetry in physical laws.
Summary: As a fundamental aspect of our knowledge of the physical world, quantum mechanics remains a vital subject in physics. This is a collection of the late Richard P Feynman's lectures. It is suitable for students of physics and those seeking an introduction to the field from the inimitable Richard Feynman
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Annexed Index

Atoms in motion --
Basic physics --
The relation of physics to other sciences --
Conservation of energy --
Time and distance --
Probability --
The theory of gravitation --
Motion --
Newton's laws of dynamics --
Conservation of momentum --
Vectors --
Characteristics of force --
Work and potential energy (A) --
Work and potential energy (conclusion) --
The special theory of relativity --
Relativistic energy and momentum --
Space-time --
Rotation in two dimensions --
Center of mass; moment of intertia --
Rotation in space --
The harmonic oscillation --
Algebra --
Resonance --
Transients --
Linear systems and review --
Optics: the principle of least time --
Geometrical optics --
Electromagnetic radiation --
Interference --
Diffraction --
The origin of the refractive index --
Radiation damping. Light scattering --
Polarization --
Relativistic effects in radiation --
Color vision --
Mechanisms of seeing --
Quantum behavior --
The relation of wave and particle viewpoints --
The kinetic theory of gases --
The principles of statistical mechanics --
The Brownian movement --
Applications of kinetic theory --
Diffusion --
The laws of thermodynamics --
Illustrations of thermodynamics --
Ratchet and pawl --
Sound. The wave equation --
Beats --
Modes --
Harmonics --
Waves --
Symmetry in physical laws.

As a fundamental aspect of our knowledge of the physical world, quantum mechanics remains a vital subject in physics. This is a collection of the late Richard P Feynman's lectures. It is suitable for students of physics and those seeking an introduction to the field from the inimitable Richard Feynman

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