The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume III
This classic book is a collection some of the Caltech freshman and sophomore physics lectures given by Richard P. Feynman, the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. It is co-authored by Robert B. Leighton, CIT, and Matthew Sands (Stanford). Originally published in 1965, this edition is the third printing from July, 1966. It is a large format paperback in very good condition. "Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics (he proposed the parton model). For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman, jointly with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965." In addition, he "assisted in the development of the atomic bomb and was a member of the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster." (Source: Wikipedia)