Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher.

FEYNMAN, Richard P. Introduction by Paul Davies.

Item Number: 138527

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1963.

First edition of this unparalleled introduction to the world of physics by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and one of the greatest scientific minds of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Lengthily signed by Paul Davies, who contributed the introduction on the half-title page, “This book provides a unique glimpse into the mind of a remarkable human being Paul Davies.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Diane Levy. Author photograph by Floyd Clark.

Taken from Feynman's series of lectures on physics delivered at the California Institute of Technology between 1961 and 1963, Six Easy Pieces represents the most accessible material from the great physicist's teachings. In these six chapters, Feynman introduces the general reader to the following topics: atoms, basic physics, the relationship of physics to other topics, energy, gravitation, and quantum force. "The essence of physics and Feynman. No jargon, just ideas, excitement and the straight dope. And real answers, like 'we don't know.'" (Stephen Wolfram).