The Feynman Lectures on Gravitation are based on notes prepared during a course on gravitational physics that Richard Feynman taught at Caltech during the 1962-63 academic year. For several years prior to these lectures, Feynman thought long and hard about the fundamental problems in gravitational physics, yet he published very little. These lectures represent a useful record of his viewpoints and some of his insights into gravity and its application to cosmology, superstars, wormholes, and gravitational waves at that particular time. The lectures also contain a number of fascinating digressions and asides on the foundations of physics and other issues. Characteristically, Feynman took an untraditional non-geometric approach to gravitation and general relativity based on the underlying quantum aspects of gravity. Hence, these lectures contain a unique pedagogical account of the development of Einstein's general theory of relativity as the inevitable result of the demand for a self-consistent theory of a massless spin-2 field (the graviton) coupled to the energy-momentum tensor of matter. This approach also demonstrates the intimate and fundamental connection between gauge invariance and the principle of equivalence.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis INC International Concepts
ISBN-13
9780813340388
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91481508
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Feynman Lectures on Gravitation
Publication Year
2002
Subject
Mechanics, Physics
Type
Textbook
Author
Brian Hatfield, David Pines, William Wagner, Richard Feynman, Fernando Morinigo
Series
Frontiers in Physics
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
229 mm
Item Weight
408 g
Item Width
152 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Title_Author
David Pines, Richard Feynman, William Wagner, Brian Hatfield, Fernando Morinigo