Six Not-So-Easy Pieces

The spectacular reception of the book and audio versions of Feynman's "Six Easy Pieces" (published in 1995) resulted in a worldwide clamor for "More Feynman! More Feynman!" The outcome is these six additional lectures, drawn from the celebrated three-volume "Lectures on Physics." Though slightly more challenging than the first six, these lectures are more focused, delving into the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einstein's Theory of Relativity.

Publisher's Note

vii

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Introduction

ix

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Roger Penrose

Special Preface

xvii

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Feynman's Preface

xxiii

ONE: Vectors

1

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1-1 Symmetry in physics

1

(1)

1-2 Translations

2

(3)

1-3 Rotations

5

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1-4 Vectors

9

(3)

1-5 Vector algebra

12

(3)

1-6 Newton's laws in vector notation

15

(3)

1-7 Scalar product of vectors

18

(5)

TWO: Symmetry in Physical Laws

23

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2-1 Symmetry operations

23

(1)

2-2 Symmetry in space and time

24

(5)

2-3 Symmetry and conservation laws

29

(1)

2-4 Mirror reflections

30

(5)

2-5 Polar and axial vectors

35

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2-6 Which hand is right?

38

(2)

2-7 Parity is not conserved!

40

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2-8 Antimatter

43

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2-9 Broken symmetries

46

(3)

THREE: The Special Theory of Relativity

49

(24)

3-1 The principle of relativity

49

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3-2 The Lorentz transformation

53

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3-3 The Michelson-Morley experiment

54

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3-4 Transformation of time

59

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3-5 The Lorentz contraction

63

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3-6 Simultaneity

63

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3-7 Four-vectors

65

(1)

3-8 Relativistic dynamics

66

(2)

3-9 Equivalence of mass and energy

68

(5)

FOUR: Relativistic Energy and Momentum

73

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4-1 Relativity and the philosophers

73

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4-2 The twin paradox

77

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4-3 Transformation of velocities

79

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4-4 Relativistic mass

83

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4-5 Relativistic energy

88

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FIVE: Space-Time

93

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5-1 The geometry of space-time

93

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5-2 Space-time intervals

97

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5-3 Past, present, and future

99

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5-4 More about four-vectors

102

(4)

5-5 Four-vector algebra

106

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SIX: Curved Space

111

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6-1 Curved spaces with two dimensions

111

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6-2 Curvature in three-dimensional space

123

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6-3 Our space is curved

125

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6-4 Geometry in space-time

128

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6-5 Gravity and the principle of equivalence

129

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6-6 The speed of clocks in a gravitational field

131

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6-7 The curvature of space-time

137

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6-8 Motion in curved space-time

137

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6-9 Einstein's theory of gravitation

141

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Index

145

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About Richard Feynman

153

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