Books for Prep | |
 List Price: $15.00 Price: $3.89 You Save: $11.11 (74%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 530 EAN: 9780201408256 ISBN: 0201408252 Label: Perseus Books Group Manufacturer: Perseus Books Group Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 146 Publication Date: 1996-04 Publisher: Perseus Books Group Studio: Perseus Books Group Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Designed for non-scientists, Six Easy Pieces is an unparalleled introduction to the world of physics by one of the greatest teachers of all time. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brillant TeacherLike most of Dr. Feynman's other books, this one provides someone with a short but understandable account of a variety of important subjects in physics. His descriptions of physics are entertaining and reveal his particular way of approaching the subject. To really understand any subject, it is helpful, I feel, to understand the way the people who have made important contributions to the subject think about the subject. It is also important to know the pursuit of an understanding is within one's ... Read More Rating: - A worthy readAlthough it is a transcribed version of a spoken lecture, Feynman's eloquence and enthusiasm nonethless makes it's way onto the page, decades after he spoke these words. His articulation of the basic concepts of physics is truely remarkable and I whole-heartedly recommend this book for those beginning their studies in physics and those beginning their teaching career physics. This is, in particular, a good book for the struggling student, as well as for the struggling teacher. Rating:  - Good, but perhaps a bit too easy and a bit unfocused.The intention of this review is to give the reader enough information to decide whether or not to read this book. That Feynman was perhaps the foremost physicist of the middle of the 20th century goes without saying. He was also a great educator and popularize of the most complex ideas of classical and modern physics. All well and good, but what about this book? In short -- I enjoyed this book, but thought that it was a bit unfocused. This was due to the fact that the book was taken ... Read More Rating: - Interesting historical perspectiveThis is the kind of book to pick up from the library out of curiosity, as opposed to buying it. I am a big Feynman fan and wanted to see what he said all those years ago about these basic topics, as opposed to wanting to learn much from the content. If you are pretty informed about basic physics, then you won't find much you didn't know. Feynman's approach to the problem is certainly interesting, and he manages to given six different overview chapters with almost no mathematics. He also offered some insights ... Read More Rating:  - Reads very quicklyI have heard of Feynman's collection of physics lectures for a long time and had intended reading them "one of these days" but never seemed to get to it. When a couple of friends and I formed a book club to discuss science and other types of expository prose, and one of them suggested this book, I decided "this is the day." In reading Six Easy Pieces, I had a distinct sympathy with Feynman's undergraduate students. The man's mind must have run at the speed of light, ideas just firing off like gunshots. ... Read More 
In association with Amazon.com | |