Feynman Lectures Simplified 1C: Special Relativity and the Physics of Light

by Robert Piccioni

Overview

Feynman Simplified gives mere mortals access to the fabled Feynman Lectures on Physics. As a Caltech undergraduate, I had the amazing opportunity to learn physics directly from the greatest scientist of our age. I absorbed all I could. His style and enthusiasm were as important as the facts and equations.

Feynman Simplified 1C covers about a quarter of Volume 1, the freshman course, of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. The topics we explore include:

Einstein�s Theory of Special Relativity
� The Principle of Relativity
� What Motivated Special Relativity?
� The Lorentz Transformation
� Length Contraction & Time Dilation
� E=mc2 & Simultaneity
� Light Cones & Causality
� Paradoxes, Puzzles, & Philosophy

The Physics of Light, including:
� Geometric Optics
� The Principle of Least Time
� Interference & Diffraction
� Feynman Sum Over Histories
� Refraction & Polarization
� Electromagnetic Radiation
� Light Scattering
� Relativistic Effects on Light

This book assumes an understanding of the material in Feynman Simplified 1A: Basic Physics. It is however, largely independent of the material in Feynman Simplified 1B.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150616585
Publisher:	Real Science Publishing
Publication date:	08/08/2014
Series:	Everyone's Guide to the Feynman Lectures on Physics , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dr. Piccioni has a B.S. in Physics from Caltech, a Ph.D. in High Energy Physics from Stanford University, was a faculty member at Harvard University and did research at the Stanford Linear Accelerator in Palo Alto, Calif.

He has studied with and done research with numerous Nobel Laureates. At Caltech, one of his professors was Richard Feynman, one of the most famous physicists of the 20th century, and a good family friend.

Dr. Piccioni has introduced cutting-edge science to numerous non-scientific audiences, including school children and civic groups. He was guest lecturer on a National Geographic/Lindblad cruise. He has given invited talks at Harvard, Caltech, UCLA, and Stanford University.