Matthew Sands (1919–2014)

Indeholder "Feynman's Preface", "Foreword by Robert B. Leighton", "Chapter 1. Atoms in Motion", " 1.1 Introduction", " 1.2 Matter is made of atoms", " 1.3 Atomic processes", " 1.4 Chemical reactions", "Chapter 2. Basic Physics", " 2.1 Introduction", " 2.2 Physics before 1920", " 2.3 Quantum physics", " 2.4 Nuclei and particles", "Chapter 3. The Relation of Physics to Other Sciences", " 3.1 Introduction", " 3.2 Chemistry", " 3.3 Biology", " 3.4 Astronomy", " 3.5 Geology", " 3.6 Psychology", " 3.7 How did it get that way?", "Chapter 4. Conservation of Energy", " 4.1 What is energy?", " 4.2 Gravitational potential energy", " 4.3 Kinetic energy", " 4.4 Other forms of energy", "Chapter 5. Time and Distance", " 5.1 Motion", " 5.2 Time", " 5.3 Short times", " 5.4 Long times", " 5.5 Units and standards of time", " 5.6 Large distances", " 5.7 Short distances", "Chapter 6. Probability", " 6.1 Chance and likelihood", " 6.2 Fluctuations", " 6.3 The random walk", " 6.4 A probability distribution", " 6.5 The uncertainty principle", "Chapter 7. The Theory of Gravitation", " 7.1 Planetary motions", " 7.2 Kepler's laws", " 7.3 Development of dynamics", " 7.4 Newton's law of gravitation", " 7.5 Universal gravitation", " 7.6 Cavendish's experiment", " 7.7 What is gravity?", " 7.8 Gravity and relativity", "Chapter 8. Motion", " 8.1 Description of Motion", " 8.2 Speed", " 8.3 Speed as a derivative", " 8.4 Distance as an integral", " 8.5 Acceleration", "Chapter 9. Newton's Laws of Dynamics", " 9.1 Momentum and force", " 9.2 Speed and velocity", " 9.3 Components of velocity, acceleration, and force", " 9.4 What is the force?", " 9.5 Meaning of the dynamical equations", " 9.6 Numerical solution of the equations", " 9.7 Planetary motions", "Chapter 10. Conservation of Momentum", " 10.1 Newton's Third Law", " 10.2 Conservation of momentum", " 10.3 Momentum is conserved!", " 10.4 Momentum and energy", " 10.5 Relativistic momentum", "Chapter 11. Vectors", " 11.1 Symmetry in physics", " 11.2 Translations", " 11.3 Rotations", " 11.4 Vectors", " 11.5 Vector algebra", " 11.6 Newton's laws in vector rotation", " 11.7 Scalar product of vectors", "Chapter 12. Characteristics of Force", " 12.1 What is a force?", " 12.2 Friction", " 12.3 Molecular forces", " 12.4 Fundamental forces. Fields", " 12.5 Pseudo forces", " 12.6 Nuclear forces", "Chapter 13. Work and Potential Energy (A)", " 13.1 Energy of a falling body", " 13.2 Work done by gravity", " 13.3 Summation of energy", " 13.4 Gravitational field of large objects", "Chapter 14. Work and Potential Energy (conclusion)", " 14.1 Work", " 14.2 Constrained motion", " 14.3 Conservative forces", " 14.4 Nonconservative forces", " 14.5 Potentials and fields", "Chapter 15. The Special Theory of Relativity", " 15.1 The principle of relativity", " 15.2 The Lorentz transformation", " 15.3 The Michelson-Morley experiment", " 15.4 Transformation of time", " 15.5 The Lorentz contraction", " 15.6 Simultaneity", " 15.7 Four-vectors", " 15.8 Relativistic dynamics", " 15.9 Equivalence of mass and energy", "Chapter 16. Relativistic Energy and Momentum", " 16.1 Relativity and the philosophers", " 16.2 The twin paradox", " 16.3 Transformation of velocities", " 16.4 Relativistic mass", " 16.5 Relativistic energy", "Chapter 17. Space-Time", " 17.1 The geometry of space-time", " 17.2 Space-time intervals", " 17.3 Past, present and future", " 17.4 More about four-vectors", " 17.5 Four-vector algebra", "Chapter 18. Rotation in Two Dimensions", " 18.1 The center of mass", " 18.2 Rotation of a rigid body", " 18.3 Angular momentum", " 18.4 Conservation of angular momentum", "Chapter 19. Center of Mass; Moment of Inertia", " 19.1 Properties of the center of mass", " 19.2 Locating the center of mass", " 19.3 Finding the moment of inertia", " 19.4 Rotational kinetic energy", "Chapter 20. Rotation in Space", " 20.1 Torques in three dimensions", " 20.2 The rotation equations using cross products", " 20.3 The gyroscope", " 20.4 Angular momentum of a solid body", "Chapter 21. The Harmonic Oscillator", " 21.1 Linear differential equations", " 21.2 The harmonic oscillator", " 21.3 Harmonic motion and circular motion", " 21.4 Initial conditions", " 21.5 Forced oscillations", "Chapter 22. Algebra", " 22.1 Addition and multiplication", " 22.2 The inverse operations", " 22.3 Abstraction and generalization", " 22.4 Approximating irrational numbers", " 22.5 Complex numbers", " 22.6 Imaginary exponents", "Chapter 23. Resonance", " 23.1 Complex numbers and harmonic motion", " 23.2 The forced oscillator with damping", " 23.3 Electrical resonance", " 23.4 Resonance in nature", "Chapter 24. Transients", " 24.1 The energy of an oscillator", " 24.2 Damped oscillators", " 24.3 Electrical transients", "Chapter 25. Linear Systems and Review", " 25.1 Linear differential equations", " 25.2 Superposition of solutions", " 25.3 Oscillations in linear systems", " 25.4 Analogs in physics", " 25.5 Series and parallel impedances", "Chapter 26. Optics: The Principle of Least Time", " 26.1 Light", " 26.2 Relection and refraction", " 26.3 Fermat's principle of least time", " 26.4 Applications of Fermat's principle", " 26.5 A more precise statement of Fermat's principle", " 26.6 How it works", "Chapter 27. Geometrical Optics", " 27.1 Introduction", " 27.2 The focal length of a spherical surface", " 27.3 The focal length of a lens", " 27.4 Magnification", " 27.5 Compound lenses", " 27.6 Aberrations", " 27.7 Resolving power", "Chapter 28. Electromagnetic Radiation", " 28.1 Electromagnetism", " 28.2 Radiation", " 28.3 The dipole radiator", " 28.4 Interference", "Chapter 29. Interference", " 29.1 Electromagnetics waves", " 29.2 Energy of radiation", " 29.3 Sinusoidal waves", " 29.4 Two dipole radiators", " 29.5 The mathematics of interference", "Chapter 30. Diffraction", " 30.1 The resultant amplitude due to n equal oscillators", " 30.2 The diffraction grating", " 30.3 Resolving power of a grating", " 30.4 The parabolic antenna", " 30.5 Colored films; crystals", " 30.6 Diffraction by opaque screens", " 30.7 The field of a plane of oscillating charges", "Chapter 31. The Origin of the Refractive Index", " 31.1 The index of refraction", " 31.2 The field due to the material", " 31.3 Dispersion", " 31.4 Absorption", " 31.5 The energy carried by an electric wave", " 31.6 Diffraction of light by a screen", "Chapter 32. Radiation Damping. Light Scattering", " 32.1 Radiation resistance", " 32.2 The rate of radiation of energy", " 32.3 Radiation damping", " 32.4 Independent sources", " 32.5 Scattering of light", "Chapter 33. Polarization", " 33.1 The electric vector of light", " 33.2 Polarization of scattered light", " 33.3 Birefringence", " 33.4 Polarizers", " 33.5 Optical activity", " 33.6 The intensity of reflected light", " 33.7 Anomalous refraction", "Chapter 34. Relativistic Effects in Radiation", " 34.1 Moving sources", " 34.2 Finding the 'apparent' motion", " 34.3 Synchrotron radiation", " 34.4 Cosmic synchrotron radiation", " 34.5 Bremsstrahlung", " 34.6 The Doppler effect", " 34.7 The w, k four-vector", " 34.8 Aberration", " 34.9 The momentum of light", "Chapter 35. Color Vision", " 35.1 The human eye", " 35.2 Color depends on intensity", " 35.3 Measuring the color sensation", " 35.4 The chromaticity diagram", " 35.5 The mechanism of color vision", " 35.6 Physiochemistry of color vision", "Chapter 36. Mechanisms of Seeing", " 36.1 The sensation of color", " 36.2 The physiology of the eye", " 36.3 The rod celss", " 36.4 The compound (insect) eye", " 36.5 Other eyes", " 36.6 Neurology of vision", "Chapter 37. Quantum Behavior", " 37.1 Atomic mechanics", " 37.2 An experiment with bullets", " 37.3 An experiment with waves", " 37.4 An experiment with electrons", " 37.5 The interference of electron waves", " 37.6 Watching the electrons", " 37.7 First principles of quantum mechanics", " 37.8 The uncertainty principle", "Chapter 38. The Relation of Wave and Particle Viewpoints", " 38.1 Probability wave amplitudes", " 38.2 Measurement of position and momentum", " 38.3 Crystal diffraction", " 38.4 The size of an atom", "Chapter 39. The Kinetic Theory of Gases", " 39.1 Properties of matter", " 39.2 The pressure of a gas", " 39.3 Compressibility of radiation", " 39.4 Temperature and kinetic energy", " 39.5 The ideal gas law", "Chapter 40. The Principles of Statistical Mechanics", " 40.1 The exponential atmosphere", " 40.2 The Boltzmann law", " 40.3 Evaporation of a liquid", " 40.4 The distribution of molecular speeds", " 40.5 The specific heats of gases", " 40.6 The failure of classical physics", "Chapter 41. The Brownian Movement", " 41.1 Equipartition of energy", " 41.2 Thermal equilibrium of radiation", " 41.3 Equipartition and the quantum oscillator", " 41.4 The random walk", "Chapter 42. Applications of Kinetic Theory", " 42.1 evaporation", " 42.2 Thermionic emission", " 42.3 Thermal ionization", " 42.4 Chemical kinetics", " 42.5 Einstein's laws of radiation", "Chapter 43. Diffusion", " 43.1 Collisions between molecules", " 43.2 The mean free path", " 43.3 The drift speed", " 43.4 Ionic conductivity", " 43.5 Molecular diffusion", " 43.6 Thermal conductivity", "Chapter 44. The Laws of Thermodynamics", " 44.1 Heat engines; the first law", " 44.2 The second law", " 44.3 Reversible engines", " 44.4 The efficiency of an ideal engine", " 44.5 The thermodynamic temperature", " 44.6 Entropy", "Chapter 45. Illustrations of Thermodynamics", " 45.1 Internal energy", " 45.2 Applications", " 45.3 The Clausius-Clapeyron equation", "Chapter 46. Ratchet and Pawl", " 46.1 How a ratchet works", " 46.2 The ratchet as an engine", " 46.3 Reversibility in mechanics", " 46.4 Irreversibility", " 46.5 Order and entropy", "Chapter 47. Sound. The Wave Equation", " 47.1 Waves", " 47.2 The propagation of sound", " 47.3 The wave equation", " 47.4 Solutions of the wave equation", " 47.5 The speed of sound", "Chapter 48. Beats", " 48.1 Adding two waves", " 48.2 Beat notes and modulation", " 48.3 Side bands", " 48.4 Localized wave trains", " 48.5 Probability amplitudes for particles", " 48.6 Waves in three dimensions", " 48.7 Normal modes", "Chapter 49. Modes", " 49.1 The relection of waves", " 49.2 Confined waves, with natural frequencies", " 49.3 Modes in two dimensions", " 49.4 Coupled pendulums", " 49.5 Linear systems", "Chapter 50. Harmonics", " 50.1 Musical tones", " 50.2 The Fourier series", " 50.3 Quality and consonance", " 50.4 The Fourier coefficients", " 50.5 The energy theorem", " 50.6 Nonlinear responses", "Chapter 51. Waves", " 51.1 Bow waves", " 51.2 Shock waves", " 51.3 Waves in solids", " 51.4 Surface waves", "Chapter 52. Symmetry in Physical Laws", " 52.1 Symmetry operations", " 52.2 Symmetry in space and time", " 52.3 Symmetry and conservation laws", " 52.4 Mirror reflections", " 52.5 Polar and axial vectors", " 52.6 Which hand is right?", " 52.7 Parity is not conserved!", " 52.8 Antimatter", " 52.9 Broken symmetries", "Index".

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Indeholder "Feynman's Preface", "Foreword", "Chapter 1. Quantum Behavior", " 1-1 Atomic mechanics", " 1-2 An experiment with bullets", " 1-3 An experiment with waves", " 1-4 An experiment with electrons", " 1-5 The interference of electron waves", " 1-6 Watching the electrons", " 1-7 First principles of quantum mechanics", " 1-8 The uncertainty principle", "Chapter 2. The Relation of Wave and Particle Viewpoints", " 2-1 Probability wave amplitudes", " 2-2 Measurement of position and momentum", " 2-3 Crystal diffraction", " 2-4 The size of an atom", " 2-5 Energy levels", " 2-6 Philosophical implications", "Chapter 3. Probability Amplitudes", " 3-1 The laws for combining amplitudes", " 3-2 The two-slit interference pattern", " 3-3 Scattering from a crystal", " 3-4 Identical particles", "Chapter 4. Identical Particles", " 4-1 Bose particles and Fermi particles", " 4-2 States with two Bose particles", " 4-3 States with n Bose particles", " 4-4 Emission and absorption of photons", " 4-5 The blackbody spectrum", " 4-6 Liquid helium", " 4-7 The exclusion principle", "Chapter 5. Spin One", " 5-1 Filtering atoms with a Stern-Gerlach apparatus", " 5-2 Experiments with filtered atoms", " 5-3 Stern-Gerlach filters in series", " 5-4 Base states", " 5-5 Interfering amplitudes", " 5-6 The machinery of quantum mechanics", " 5-7 Transforming to a different base", " 5-8 Other situations", "Chapter 6. Spin One-Half", " 6-1 Transforming amplitudes", " 6-2 Transforming to a rotated coordinate system", " 6-3 Rotations about the z-axis", " 6-4 Rotations of 180 degrees and 90 degrees about y", " 6-5 Rotations about x", " 6-6 Arbitrary rotations", "Chapter 7. The Dependence of Amplitudes on Time", " 7-1 Atoms at rest; stationary states", " 7-2 Uniform motion", " 7-3 Potential energy; energy conservation", " 7-4 Forces; the classical limit", " 7-5 The 'precession' of a spin one-half particle", "Chapter 8. The Hamiltonian Matrix", " 8-1 Amplitudes and vectors", " 8-2 Resolving state vectors", " 8-3 What are the base states of the world?", " 8-4 How states change with time", " 8-5 The Hamiltonian matrix", " 8-6 The ammonia molecule", "Chapter 9. The Ammonia Maser", " 9-1 The states of an ammonia molecule", " 9-2 The molecule in a static electric field", " 9-3 Transitions in a time-dependent field", " 9-4 Transitions at resonance", " 9-5 Transitions off resonance", " 9-6 The absorption of light", "Chapter 10. Other Two-State Systems", " 10-1 The hydrogen molecular ion", " 10-2 Nuclear forces", " 10-3 The hydrogen molecule", " 10-4 The benzene molecule", " 10-5 Dyes", " 10-6 The Hamiltonian of a spin one-half particle in a magnetic field", " 10-7 The spinning electron in a magnetic field", "Chapter 11. More Two-State Systems", " 11-1 The Pauli spin matrices", " 11-2 The spin matrices as operators", " 11-3 The solution of the two-state equations", " 11-4 The polarization states of the photon", " 11-5 The neutral K-meson", " 11-6 Generalization to N-state systems", "Chapter 12. The Hyperfine Splitting in Hydrogen", " 12-1 Base states for a system with two spin one-half particles", " 12-2 The Hamiltonian for the ground state of hydrogen", " 12-3 The energy levels", " 12-4 The Zeeman splitting", " 12-5 The states in a magnetic field", " 12-6 The projection matrix for spin one", "Chapter 13. Propagation in a Crystal Lattice", " 13-1 States for an electron in a one-dimensional lattice", " 13-2 States of definite energy", " 13-3 Time-dependent states", " 13-4 An electron in a three-dimensional lattice", " 13-5 Other states in a lattice", " 13-6 Scattering from imperfections in the lattice", " 13-7 Trapping by a lattice imperfection", " 13-8 Scattering amplitudes and bound states", "Chapter 14. Semiconductors", " 14-1 Electrons and holes in semiconductors", " 14-2 Impure semiconductors", " 14-3 The Hall effect", " 14-4 Semiconductor junctions", " 14-5 Rectification at a semiconductor junction", " 14-6 The transistor", "Chapter 15. The Independent Particle Approximation", " 15-1 Spin waves", " 15-2 Two spin waves", " 15-3 Independent particles", " 15-4 The benzene molecule", " 15-5 More organic chemistry", " 15-6 Other uses of the approximation", "Chapter 16. The Dependence of Amplitudes on Position", " 16-1 Amplitudes on a line", " 16-2 The wave function", " 16-3 States of definite momentum", " 16-4 Normalization of the states in x", " 16-5 The Schrödinger equation", " 16-6 Quantized energy levels", "Chapter 17. Symmetry and Conservation Laws", " 17-1 Symmetry", " 17-2 Symmetry and conservation", " 17-3 The conservation laws", " 17-4 Polarized light", " 17-5 The disintegration of the Λ0", " 17-6 Summary of the rotation matrices", "Chapter 18. Angular Momentum", " 18-1 Electric dipole radiation", " 18-2 Light scattering", " 18-3 The annihilation of positronium", " 18-4 Rotation matrix for any spin", " 18-5 Measuring a nuclear spin", " 18-6 Composition of angular momentum", " 18-7 Added Note 1: Derivation of the rotation matrix", " 18-8 Added Note 2: Conservation of parity in photon emission", "Chapter 19. The Hydrogen Atom and The Periodic Table", " 19-1 Schrödinger's equation for the hydrogen atom", " 19-2 Spherically symmetric solutions", " 19-3 States with an angular dependence", " 19-4 The general solution for hydrogen", " 19-5 The hydrogen wave functions", " 19-6 The periodic table", "Chapter 20. Operators", " 20-1 Operations and operators", " 20-2 Average energies", " 20-3 The average energy of an atom", " 20-4 The position operator", " 20-5 The momentum operator", " 20-6 Angular momentum", " 20-7 The change of averages with time", "Chapter 21. The Schrödinger Equation in a Classical Context: A Seminar on Superconductivity", " 21-1 Schrödinger's equation in a magnetic field", " 21-2 The equation of continuity for probabilities", " 21-3 Two kinds of momentum", " 21-4 The meaning of the wave function", " 21-5 Superconductivity", " 21-6 The Meissner effect", " 21-7 Flux quantization", " 21-8 The dynamics of superconductivity", " 21-9 The Josephson junction", "Feynman's Epilogue", "Appendix - Chapter 34 and 35 of Volume II.", "Chapter 34. The Magnetism of Matter", " 34-1 Diamagnetism and paramagnetism", " 34-2 Magnetic moments and angular momentum", " 34-3 The precession of atomic magnets", " 34-4 Diamagnetism", " 34-5 Larmor's theorem", " 34-6 Classical physics gives neither diamagnetism nor paramagnetism", " 34-7 Angular momentum in quantum mechanics", " 34-8 The magnetic energy of atoms", "Chapter 35. Paramagnetism and Magnetic Resonance", " 35-1 Quantized magnetic states", " 35-2 The Stern-Gerlach experiment", " 35-3 The Rabi molecular-beam method", " 35-4 The paramagnetism of bulk materials", " 35-5 Cooling by adiabatic demagnetization", " 35-6 Nuclear magnetic resonance", "Index".

Jeg kan godt lide forordet, hvor baggrunden for forelæsningerne er ridset op. Appendix er to kapitler fra Volume II som bruges meget i dette Volume III. Så det er meget behageligt at de lige er taget med som appendix.… (mere)