Learn about Einstein's theory of relativity from a physics Nobel
laureate and "one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century" (New
York Review of Books) in six memorable lessons
It was Richard Feynman's outrageous and scintillating method of teaching
that earned him legendary status among students and professors of
physics. From 1961 to 1963, Feynman delivered a series of lectures at
the California Institute of Technology that revolutionized the teaching
of physics. In Six Not-So-Easy Pieces, taken from these famous
Lectures on Physics, Feynman delves into one of the most revolutionary
discoveries in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's theory of
relativity. The idea that the flow of time is not a constant, that the
mass of an object depends on its velocity, and that the speed of light
is a constant no matter what the motion of the observer, at first seemed
shocking to scientists and laymen alike. But as Feynman shows, these
tricky ideas are not merely dry principles of physics, but things of
beauty and elegance.
No one -- not even Einstein himself -- explained these difficult,
anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than
Feynman. Filled with wonderful examples and clever illustrations, Six
Not-So-Easy Pieces is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of
physics by one of the most admired and accessible physicists of all
time.
"There is no better explanation for the scientifically literate
layman." -Washington Post Book World
