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With genius, passion, and unmatched flair, this one-volume"greatest hits" of the Feynman lectures places you in the classroomof one of the twentieth century's most brilliant teachers For more than thirty years, Richard P. Feynman's three-volume Lectures on Physics has been known worldwide as the classic resource for students and professionals alike. That textwas based on tran*ions of the hundreds of hours of audiorecordings made during Feynman's legendary classroom lectures. Now, for the first time on compact disc, the best of theserecordings are available in digitally mastered quality. Rangingfrom the most basic principles of Newtonian physics through suchformidable topics as Einstein's general relativity,superconductivity, and quantum mechanics, Feynman's lectures standas a monument of clear exposition and deep insight. Timeless and collectible, these unabridged lectures areessential listening, not just for students of physics, but foranyone seeking an introduction to the field from the inimitableRich
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