The Feynman Lectures on Physics

Summary

The Feynman Lectures on Physics is a textbook^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of textbook entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (339 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Feynman Lectures on Physics authored Richard Feynman^[3].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics authored Robert B. Leighton^[4].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics authored Matthew Sands^[5].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's image is recorded as The Feynman Lectures on Physics.jpg^[6].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's instance of is recorded as textbook^[7].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's instance of is recorded as book series^[8].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's publisher is recorded as Addison-Wesley^[9].
• Richard Feynman is named after The Feynman Lectures on Physics^[10].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 312372000^[11].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 6096154387150630970004^[12].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's GND ID is recorded as 1078599777^[13].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's OCLC number is recorded as 19455482^[14].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's Commons category is recorded as The Feynman Lectures on Physics^[15].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's language of work or name is recorded as American English^[16].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's country of origin is recorded as United States^[17].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's publication date is recorded as +1964-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0510v9^[19].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's official website is recorded as https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/^[20].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's main subject is recorded as physics^[21].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 8678838^[22].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's described by source is recorded as Physics Today^[23].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Feynman Lectures on Physics'}^[24].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1238720', 'amount': '+3'}^[25].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 20014352^[26].
• The Feynman Lectures on Physics's OCLC work ID is recorded as 20383647^[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Authored works include Richard Feynman^[3], a physicist^[28], 1918–1988^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics^[31], specialised in quantum electrodynamics^[32]; Robert B. Leighton^[4], a physicist^[33], 1919–1997^[34], of United States^[35], awarded the Rumford Prize^[36], specialised in experimental physics^[37]; and Matthew Sands^[5], a physicist^[38], 1919–2014^[39], of United States^[40], awarded the Fellow of the American Physical Society^[41], specialised in accelerator physics^[42]. The Feynman Lectures on Physics's publisher is recorded as Addison-Wesley^[9].

Publication

The Feynman Lectures on Physics's publication date is recorded as +1964-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18]. Its language of work or name is recorded as American English^[16].

Subject and Themes

The Feynman Lectures on Physics's main subject is recorded as physics^[21].

Why It Matters

The Feynman Lectures on Physics ranks in the top 6% of textbook entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (339 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]