Perhaps they will have fun thinking them through-or going on to develop some of the ideas further. Perhaps in some small place where there are individual teachers and students, they may get some inspiration or some ideas from the lectures.
Perhaps my lectures can make some contribution. But in our modern times we have so many students to teach that we have to try to find some substitute for the ideal. It’s impossible to learn very much by simply sitting in a lecture, or even by simply doing problems that are assigned. See: Volume I: mainly mechanics, radiation and heat. The lectures form only part of the complete course. The lectures are, of course, not verbatim-they have been edited, sometimes extensively and sometimes less so. These are the lectures in physics that I gave last year and the year before to the freshman and sophomore classes at Caltech. Of course, you can always watch a few of them in video. Starting with the 52 chapters of volume one. Now, at long last, his famous physics lectures, thanks to Caltech and The Feynman Lectures website, are being put online. The timeless lectures are now being put online for free, these are “not just for students of physics but for anyone seeking an introduction to the field from the inimitable Feynman.”Īn iconoclastic and influential theoretical physicist, not to mention Nobel Laureate, Richard Feynman (1918-1988) touched the lives of many.įeynman is best known for his role in Los Alamos and the challenger investigation, but he was also an amazing teacher.
Ranging from the most basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as general relativity and quantum mechanics, Feynman’s lectures stand as a monument of clear exposition and deep insight.
The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning a book that has remained a definitive introduction to physics for decades. “The whole thing was basically an experiment,” Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures.
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