Caltech Launches Online Edition of The Feynman Lectures on Physics
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Summary
Caltech's Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy and The Feynman Lectures Website present an online edition of the classic physics textbook series 'The Feynman Lectures on Physics' by Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton, and Matthew Sands. The article serves as an announcement and introduction to this digital edition, featuring historical context including a photograph of Feynman with his collaborators from 1963. The content appears to be a landing page or announcement for making these seminal physics lectures available online.
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Feynman • Leighton • Sands
Richard Feynman talking with a teaching assistant after the lecture on The Dependence of Amplitudes on Time, Robert Leighton (left) and Matthew Sands (right) in background, April 29, 1963.
For comments or questions about this edition please contact The Feynman Lectures Website.
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