Ralph Leighton Books

Richard Feynman, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and a winner of the Nobel Prize died in February 1988. This is his last anecdotal biography in which he tells the story of the two people who most influenced his early years - his father who taught him to think and his first wife Arlene who taught him to love, even as she lay dying at an Albuquerque hospital while Feynman worked nearby on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos. There are also lighter moments which tell of his travels in Geneva, Trinidad, Greece and Japan.

In this phenomenal bestseller, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman recounts his adventures trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek, painting a naked female toreador, accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums--and much else of an eyebrow-raising and hilarious nature. Photos.

A close friend of physicist Richard Feynman chronicles his relationship with the scientist and describes their ten-year quest to reach the remote country of Tannu Tuva.

This new volume contains four previously unpublished lectures that Feynman gave to students preparing for exams. With characteristic flair, insight and humor, Feynman discusses topics students struggle with and offers valuable tips on solving physics problems. An illuminating memoir by Matthew Sands who originally conceived The Feynman Lectures on Physics gives a fascinating insight into the history of Feynman’s lecture series and the books that followed. This book is rounded off by relevant exercises and answers by R. B. Leighton and R. E. Vogt, originally developed to accompany the Lectures on Physics.

Dieser Ergänzungsband enthält lange als verschollen gegoltene Vorlesungen, mit denen Richard P. Feynman seine Studierenden auf die Prüfung vorbereitete. Mit seinem ganz eigenen Humor und seinen einzigartigen Einblicken wiederholt Feynman die wichtigsten Grundlagen und gibt wertvolle Tipps, wie man an physikalische Probleme herangeht und sie löst. Das Vorwort von Matthew Sands, einem Kollegen Feynmans am Caltech, schildert aus erster Hand die Entstehungs- und Publikationsgeschichte dieser vielleicht berühmtesten Vorlesungsreihe der Physik. Abgerundet werden die Tipps durch Übungen von Robert Leighton und Rochus Vogt, die speziell zur Ergänzung der Feynman-Vorlesungen entwickelt wurden. Erstmalig enthält die Neuauflage der überarbeiteten New Millennium Edition drei Interviews mit Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton und Rochus Vogt.