The Feynman Lectures on Physics
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The Feynman Lectures on Physics
| Author | Richard P. Feynman |
|---|---|
| Published | 1963 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The three-volume transcription of the introductory physics course Feynman gave at Caltech in 1961–63 — mechanics, radiation and heat; electromagnetism and matter; quantum mechanics. Read literally, it is the answer to what taught you most about how the world works. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @SpencrGreenberg — named in the replies when he asked on X “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?”, June 2025. Full list: A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).
- Named in David Perell’s “every discipline has a book that everybody references, but nobody reads” thread on X (September 2020); — Every discipline has a book… (tweet).
About this edition
All three volumes are now free to read online at Caltech’s site.
Connections
- Every discipline has a book… (tweet) — recommended it.
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Richard Feynman — the lecturer.
- Science — the subject.
- Open Source Knowledge — the portfolio idea this sits closest to: Caltech publishes the whole course free online.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.