Rating:  Summary: Feynman's Conceptual Delivery is Brilliant Review: What differentiates Feynman from other eminent physicists of the 20th Century is his uncanny ability to communicate abstract and complicated theories of physics into totally comprehensible lamens terms. For example, in QED, he explains the movement of electrons without actually discussing vector analysis. He simplifies the calculus of quantum electrodynamics by using arrow diagrams and describes the path of electrons almost in a narrative style. The hardest thing in writing is simplicity; for Feynman, who deals with the complexities of life in their most minute detail, such simplicity is poetry to the curious mind.
Rating:  Summary: Feynman Un-edited! Review: Feynman "live" is always more extra-dimensional than Feynman in print (excellent in itself). This video contains the lectures which provide the basis for Feynman's book on QED. It starts out slow but builds throughout the four tape series until the viewer reaches a point that I can only describe as intellectual pleasure. Feynman's talk on QED brings together many subjects of physics and explains them in the most straight forward way I have ever experienced. I've always believed that all would-be scientists should be Feynman-aware. These videos are the ultimate proof.
Rating:  Summary: Simple, straightforward and very deep. Review: This book is an excellent discussion of the form and meaning of Quantum Electrodynamics. The book is written for the intelligent non-physicist and explains QED very clearly, covering both the incredible accuracy (e.g. computations good to 10+ decimal places) and the strange concepts (e.g. that a particle travelling from point A to point B takes all possible paths simultaneously, in some sense) that make up this fundamental area of physics.As usual, Feynman is lucid, entertaining and interesting. A wonderful book.
Rating:  Summary: Feynman, a physicist for the ages Review: Feynman treates physics in the proper manner. He takes all of the jargon out and makes very complicated arguements available to a more general reader.
Rating:  Summary: I have had just a sneak peak Review: I have just looked at this, but It sure is a feynman original. Buy it if you have that kinda cash for this. I'd love to get a cheaper copy.
Rating:  Summary: From a students point-of-view, it is an incredible book. Review: I am studying A-Level Physics, and find this book truly inspirational. Though not on the syllabus, QED certainly should be An incredible man, and an incredible book.
Rating:  Summary: the best little book on quantum theory you'll ever read Review: I'm halfway through the book, it's unbelievably lucid, witty, light-hearted, and modest, and explains QED, and actually quantum physics through the phenomenon of light, better than anything I've come across. It helps me grasp the almost un-graspable.
Rating:  Summary: genuis, pure genuis Review: Feynman's version of QED (which he helped develop) is the most clever and lucid way of explaining QED phenomena. I can't praise this book enought. Feynman is reknowned for his lectures and he does not disappoint here. it may take a few readings to get it all but it is worth it.
Rating:  Summary: qed for the un-experienced to the doctors Review: i am a big physics fan, i love it. this book really interested me, though i give it four stars because though it was written with amazing wit and understanding, it is not the best of feynmann's books. though when i think of it he really couldnt of written it better. the book basically goes over the fact that you cant really know exactly how the light gets to its final position but you can most certainlly predict it, to tell you the truth, it really is a five star book, i think that i have just convinced myself. feynmann was brilliant, and me, an 18yr old former american presently israeli, and hoping to make the hard way into the IDF air force. i really think it gave me alot of knowledge about qed. it taught me that i need to go into other fields of physics before i decide my final destination. if you have any doubts, BUY THE BOOK IT WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!!
Rating:  Summary: Fascinating! Review: In my opinion, a scientist who gives you the oppurtunity to delve into his mind and understand what he understands is a privilege both to the reader and to the cause of science. Feymann's QED does just that. It MAKES you understand what QED is all about and helps to understand the famous wave/particle duality in physics. This book can clearly be enjoyed by non-physicists and very easily understood. A good deal!
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