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These reprinted papers of Feynman (1918-88), Los Alamos scientist and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for physics in 1965, address quantum chemistry, classical and quantum electrodynamics path integrals and operator calculus, liquid helium, the physics of elementary particles, quantum gravity, and computer theory. Lacks a subject index.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Contemporary Physics, 2002
"One cannot fail to be impressed by the range and quality of Feynman's work, in his distinctive and incisive style."


CERN Courier, 2001
"Feynman's reputation rests on his major contributions to science and such a selection of key papers is a useful reference."


Sam Schweber, Brandeis University
"Brown's commentaries are most helpful and constitute a valuable addition to the collection ..."


Frank Wilczek, MIT
"The path-integral variational principle and the influence functional, for example, are nowhere better presented than in Feynman's papers."


Choice, Jul 2001
"This book has an excellent chronological bibliography of Feynman's work ..."


Book Description
These scientific papers of Richard Feynman are renowned for their brilliant content and the author's striking original style. They are grouped by topic: path integral approach to the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, renormalized quantum electrodynamics, theory of superfluid liquid helium, theory of the Fermi interaction, polarons, gravitation, partons, computer theory, etc. Comments on Feynman's topics are provided by the editor, together with biographical notes and a complete bibliography of Feynman's publications.


Book Info
A collection of some of the scientific papers of Richard Feynman, chosen by the editor for their important contributions. The papers contain pure research, and a few are largely pedagogical, with a number of transcriptions of Feynman's lectures. Also includes a bibliography of Feynman's writings.

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