Quantum electrodynamics - or QED for short - is the theory that explains how light and electrons interact, and in doing so illuminates the mysteries of the world around us…

Gives the author’s own unique take on the puzzles and problems that lie at the heart of physics, from Newton’s Law of Gravitation to mathematics as the supreme language of…

Physics, rather than mathematics, is the focus in this classic graduate lecture note volume on statistical mechanics and the physics of condensed matter. This book provides a concise introduction to…

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman, from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping…

Six lectures, all regarding the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. No one–not even Einstein himself–explained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve…

A New York Times bestseller-the outrageous exploits of one of this century’s greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original.

One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist…

The discovery of the notes for Richard Feynman’s major lecture on the motion of planets around the sun, presented in this book, allows readers an insight into the workings of…