Feynman california institute of technology, pasadena, california nobel lecture, december 11, 1965. In 1965 he received the nobel prize for his work on quantum electrodynamics. Introduction to quantum electrodynamics qed 1945 the strange theory of light and matter 1985 qed is founded on the assumption that charged particle somehow generate spherical electromagnetic vector in and out waves feynman used the terms advanced and retarded waves in his phd thesis of 1945. Qedthe edited version of four lectures on quantum electrodynamics that feynman gave to the general public at ucla as part of the alix g. Feynman this classic work presents the main results and calculational procedures of quantum electrodynamics in a simple and straightforward way.
Qed the strange theory of light and matter richard p feynman quantum electrodynamics. This book collects a set of lectures by feynman on quantum electrodynamics and a few reprints of his papers on the subject. Quantum electrodynamics qed richard feynman 19181988 usa. Richard feynman lectures on quantum electrodynamics. Mar 14, 2012 the sir douglas robb lectures, university of auckland, 1979 a gentle leadin to the subject, feynman starts by discussing photons and their properties. The sir douglas robb lectures, university of auckland, 1979 a gentle leadin to the subject, feynman starts by discussing photons and their. Richard phillips feynman was an american physicist known for 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 work in particle physics he proposed the parton model. Famous the world over for the creative brilliance of his insights into the physical world, nobel prizewinning physicist richard feynman also possessed an. Feynman, which ensued after his death in 1988, a publishing entrepreneur might have been tempted to start a book club of works by and about him. Richard feynman, probably the most colourful physicist of the twentieth century, as well as one of the most important, was born a hundred years ago, on may 11th 1918.
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