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Six Easy Pieces Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher

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The six easiest chapters from Feynman's landmark work, Lectures on Physics-- specifically designed for the general, non-scientist reader.

Publisher's Note	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Special Preface	p. xix
Feynman's Preface	p. xxv
Atoms in Motion	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Matter is made of atoms	p. 4
Atomic processes	p. 10
Chemical reactions	p. 15
Basic Physics	p. 23
Introduction	p. 23
Physics before 1920	p. 27
Quantum physics	p. 33
Nuclei and particles	p. 38
The Relation of Physics to Other Sciences	p. 47
Introduction	p. 47
Chemistry	p. 48
Biology	p. 49
Astronomy	p. 59
Geology	p. 61
Psychology	p. 63
How did it get that way?	p. 64
Conservation of Energy	p. 69
What is energy?	p. 69
Gravitational potential energy	p. 72
Kinetic energy	p. 80
Other forms of energy	p. 81
The Theory of Gravitation	p. 89
Planetary motions	p. 89
Kepler's laws	p. 90
Development of dynamics	p. 92
Newton's law of gravitation	p. 94
Universal gravitation	p. 98
Cavendish's experiment	p. 104
What is gravity?	p. 107
Gravity and relativity	p. 112
Quantum Behavior	p. 115
Atomic mechanics	p. 115
An experiment with bullets	p. 117
An experiment with waves	p. 120
An experiment with electrons	p. 122
The interference of electron waves	p. 124
Watching the electrons	p. 127
First principles of quantum mechanics	p. 133
The uncertainty principle	p. 136
Index	p. 139
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