The Feynman Lectures On Physics, The Definitive Edition (Volume - 1)

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Definitive Edition (Volume - 1) is a book published by Pearson Education India. Richard Feynman was a well-known American professor and physicist, and the book is based on the classes and lectures that he delivered at the California Institute of Technology. The first volume focuses on three important concepts in modern physics- radiation, mechanics, and heat. The book contains various chapters like Basic Physics, Characteristics of Force, Vectors, Probability, Conservation of Momentum, Geometrical Optics, Rotation in Space, Polarization, Application of Kinetic Theory, Electromagnetic Radiation, Resonance, The Special Theory of Relativity, Quantum Behavior, and Space-Time. This book is widely usedas a physics textbook by students across the world. Richard Feynman was born on May 11, 1918. An extremely popular American physicist, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965. His lectures have been compiled into three volumes, and are widely followed by physics students everywhere. He has also written books like, There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom, and also semi-autobiographical ones like, What Do You Care What Other People Think?, and Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman!