Feynman lectures on gravitation
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Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, ℗♭1995., Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, [1995].
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xl, 232 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, ℗♭1995., Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, [1995].
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-228) and index.
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"The Feynman Lectures on Gravitation are based on notes prepared during a course on gravitational physics that Richard Feynman taught at Caltech during the 1962-63 academic year. For several years prior to these lectures, Feynman thought long and hard about the fundamental problems in gravitational physics, yet he published very little. These lectures represent a useful record of his viewpoints and some of his insights into gravity and its application to cosmology, superstars, wormholes, and gravitational waves at that particular time. The lectures also contain a number of fascinating digressions and asides on the foundations of physics and other issues." "Characteristically, Feynman took an untraditional non-geometric approach to gravitation and general relativity based on the underlying quantum aspects of gravity. Hence, these lectures contain a unique pedagogical account of the development of Einstein's general relativity as the inevitable result of the demand for a self-consistent theory of a massless spin-2 field (the graviton) coupled to the energy-momentum tensor of matter. This approach also demonstrates the intimate and fundamental connection between gauge invariance and the Principle of Equivalence."--BOOK JACKET.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Feynman, R. P., Morinigo, F. B., Wagner, W. G., & Hatfield, B. (1995). Feynman lectures on gravitation . Addison-Wesley.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Richard Phillips. Feynman et al.. 1995. Feynman Lectures On Gravitation. Addison-Wesley.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Richard Phillips. Feynman et al.. Feynman Lectures On Gravitation Addison-Wesley, 1995.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Feynman, Richard Phillips., Fernando B Morinigo, William G Wagner, and Brian Hatfield. Feynman Lectures On Gravitation Addison-Wesley, 1995.
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