Feynman lectures on gravitation by richard feynman alibris. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. In the 196263 academic year at caltech, richard feynman taught a course on gravitation for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Similar to other books about physics associated with feynman except based on lecture notes written by two of his students. In 1971 feynman approved the distribution of lectures 1216 by the bookstore, but by then he had lost interest in gravitation and did not correct the notes. This book contains the 16 lectures feynman approved for distribution. This book is based on notes compiled by two students on that course. The feynman lectures on physics is a physics textbook based on some lectures by richard p. Feynman lectures on gravitation by feynman, richard phillips.
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