[Infowarrior] - Fwd: Feynman Lectures now free online

[Richard Forno]

> Before the internet every physics student knew about the Feynman Lectures, but only a few could actually buy the three volumes.
> After the internet, Caltech made them available online but the seeker still had to pay for them. Now they are free for the online text version.
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> http://laist.com/2014/08/30/caltech_makes_famed_physicists_feyn.php
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> Caltech Makes Famed Physicist's 'Feynman Lectures' Available Online For Free
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> Caltech has made all three volumes of The Feynman Lectures On Physics, the celebrated textbook,available to read online for free.
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> The site was first launched in September of 2013, with only Volume I: Mainly mechanics, radiation, and heat at first. But now, as KPCC has pointed out, the other two volumes, Mainly electromagnetism and matter and Quantum mechanics have now been posted. The site is even optimized to look good on a mobile or tablet device. Get your learn on!
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> Richard P. Feynman, the Nobel laureate who was at Caltech from 1949 until the end of his life, is one of the most celebrated physicists and scientific minds of the 20th century. He would win the Nobel Prize in 1965 for his work in the field of quantum electrodynamics. Aside from his contributions to the world of physics, he also worked on the Manhattan Project and served on the commission that investigated the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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> His personality and enthusiasm made him a beloved figure, which helped to make the world of physics more accessible to the general population. He was known to ensure that students understood the material he was teaching, which earned him the nickname "The Great Explainer."
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> The Feynman Lectures are based on lectures Feynman gave to undergrads at Caltech from 1961 to 1963 in order to serve as an updated and streamlined introductory course to physics in light the major advancements being made in the field. Because he only gave the lectures once, they were recorded and first published in three volumes in 1964.
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> The textbooks have been printed in a dozen languages, and the English copies alone have sold over 1.5 million copies. Sections of the Lectures have been condensed into the books Six Easy Pieces andSix Not So Easy Pieces, and audio CDs released of all 103 hours of lectures that Feynman gave.
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> Here's a video of Feynman giving the first of his series of seven lectures about physics at Cornell in 1964. You can watch the other six over at io9. Although an academic lecture, it's a great document of what made him so engaging.
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> If you'd like something a little less heavy, here's a fun interview with him from 1981 touching on topics ranging from the beauty of the natural world to particle physics. It offers great insight into his enthusiasm.
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> http://feynmanlectures.caltech.edu
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> The Feynman Lectures on Physics
> Feynman • Leighton • Sands
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> Caltech and The Feynman Lectures Website are pleased to present this online edition of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Now, anyone with internet access and a web browser can enjoy reading a high quality up-to-date copy of Feynman's legendary lectures.
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> However, we want to be clear that this edition is only free to read online, and this posting does not transfer any right to download all or any portion of The Feynman Lectures on Physics for any purpose.
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> This edition has been designed for ease of reading on devices of any size or shape; text, figures and equations can all be zoomed without degradation.
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> Volume I: mainly mechanics, radiation and heat
> Volume II: mainly electromagnetism and matter
> Volume III: quantum mechanics
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