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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Princeton Science Library) |  | Author: Richard P. Feynman
Creator: A. Zee
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Pages: 192
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ISBN: 0691125759
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EAN: 9780691125756
Publication Date: April 4, 2006
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Celebrated for his brilliantly quirky insights into the physical world, Nobel laureate Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the general public. Here Feynman provides a classic and definitive introduction to QED (namely quantum electrodynamics), that part of quantum field theory describing the interactions of light with charged particles. Using everyday language, spatial concepts, visualizations, and his renowned "Feynman diagrams" instead of advanced mathematics, Feynman clearly and humorously communicates both the substance and spirit of QED to the layperson. A. Zee's new introduction places both Feynman's book and his seminal contribution to QED in historical context and further highlights Feynman's uniquely appealing and illuminating style.
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Awed by the actual complexity of nature (unlearned years of oversimplification that was inaccurate) July 29, 2010
Sheraz A. Choudhary
This is one of my favorite books of all time. This book changed the way I view the world and was inspiring.
Throughout high school and college, we are taught statements that light moves in a straight line as facts. The reality is that this is not a fact but rather a simplification. The real mechanisms which this book explains are not that much harder to understand but a lot more beautiful, interesting and amazing.
I unlearned years of Physics I was taught and am now even more interested in learning more. Feynman not only makes reading this book rewarding but also very easy.
One of the things I greatly appreciate is that Feynman does not simplify without letting you know what he is doing and why. I wish that someone when I was in high school had told me that light appearing to move in a straight line is a simplification of a complex process of interactions of photons with each other. At that age I may not have bother to learn the reality but at least would have kept my mind open.
I recommend this book to everyone curious and interested in how nature works. I am reading my copy for the third time now and it still continues to awe me.
Feynman is a genius (and good fun to boot) July 16, 2010
Tak
More technical then most books I've read by or about Feynman, but less than others. His intelligence AND personality comes through in spades.
Beautiful! June 14, 2010
W. Cheung (Adelaide, Australia)
Feynman is so masterful that he makes everything perspicuous. The book tells you what complex numbers (those things that you learned in high school) are for (amongst other things of course). It also tempts you to interpret the quantum nature of light - but you have also been warned by Feynman not to (page 9). You will have the chance of having Feynman himself explaining Feynman diagrams. You will learn that things can travel backwards in time (page 97) - or do they? You will also comprehend how all the three forces (electromagnetic, weak and strong) are inter-related (pages 136-142). And towards the end, Feynman will try to marvel you with the elegance of nature and its imbued mystery. Truly a masterpiece!
 It's Feynman's World May 28, 2010
Jeremy W. Gragg
Feynman's QED is a introduction to the theory of quantum electrodynamics, one of the most successful scientific theories of our time. QED is theory in which Feynman himself had a hand in developing and he won the 1956 Nobel Prize for his accomplishments.
Feynman's descriptions and explanations throughout the book are first rate. He includes many diagrams and descriptions to better help the reader understand the concepts and situations that he addresses in the book. Feynman also employs humor effectively throughout which helps get through some of the more involved and detailed areas of the book.
Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Everything is explained in rigor and Feynman uses simple examples that are easy to understand. However, my one objection is the fact that Feynman uses no equations which could have been useful in some instances (as when he mentions De Brogile's wavelength) a few simple explanations and explanations of terms would have been invaluable. Still anyone interested in a introductory quantum mechanics book that is easy and quick to read will thoroughly enjoy this book.
A bridge for non-expert into properties of quantum phenomenon May 8, 2010
A. Menon (Hong Kong)
I personally feel a bit silly writing a review about the merit's of Feynman's QED... The book is a masterpiece and a prime example of a world class physicist bringing to the non expert the basic tools that are used to describe the universe we live in. The writing is lively and perfectly paced. Rather than most quantum mechanics for lay people literature, this really does describe a methodology for understanding the real results of experiments that are discussed. Feynman developes an ingenious method of arrows with clocks and how these particles with clocks explain waviness if one imagines the clocks as measuring the wave properties of the experiment.
The book describes using the framework developed within the book, the path integral description of quantum mechanics. That sounds more complicated than it actually is... The author describes how when summing over all the trajectories of the vectors he has constructed one naturally can predict/explain the outcome that seems so unintuitive. The glass experiment, reflection properties and oscillation properties set as a lucid example of path integral formalism at work.
Feynmen develops the framework to the furthest extent he can and stops before spin which would complicate the formalism. I am not a physicist and do not have the training and this book really cleared up a lot (it probably introduced more questions than answers, but thats a good thing). The dscription of particles running a clock as a representation of a wave (implicitly that is how its used to measure the probability amplitude) is genius and it actually gives me a proper mental picture of how to think about quantum phenomenon. Again, i feel a bit silly reviewing this book, i dont feel like my words of praise really do any justice to it, but if at least my positivity encourages others to read this book, then that is good enough.
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