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Six Easy Pieces
- Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
The late Richard P. Feynman was Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on the development of quantum field theory. He was also one of the most famous and beloved figures of the 20th century, both in physics and in the public arena.
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- EuroGamer
- 27-03-13
Feynman is amazing but the quality is not
As a physicist myself I have amazing admiration for Richard Feymann and like all physicist I have his collected works on my bookshelf. This audio presentation is a recording of Dick Feymann in the 1960's and the audio quality is terrible. It would have been better to either to have recorded the lectures using an actor or picking lectures where the audio quality is much better.
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- RJM
- 09-05-12
essential Listening
Feynman was blessed with insight and enthusiasm and these lectures are part of a genuinely legendary series given in the early 1960s. The sound quality is poor in lecture one, and you obviously don't get the benefit of the pictures on the blackboard, but once you are past that you get to listen in on an undisputed genius performing before an audience in his natural environment. To anybody excited by the edges of knowledge it is like being offered a recording of Mozart practicing his scales and then jamming with a few mates. What is that worth?
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- jeffrey
- 12-01-15
Very difficult to follow
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
An audiobook that is a recording of a lecture on math of Physics is very hard to follow. Unfortunately, the audio quality of this book is extremely poor which makes it even harder to follow
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Did Six Easy Pieces inspire you to do anything?
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- Alexander C.
- 04-09-22
These are the lectures, not the book
These are the publicly available lectures from 1961, not the book. Of course, the book is based on the lectures, but the book has many advantages. Didn't hear what Feynman said? Read the book. Do you prefer a more book-like narration? Read the book. Do you want good audio quality? Listen to the audiobook (but not this one, this one consists of the lectures).
Both the book and the original audio lectures are available for free, so why then does it costs? I was sure someone narrated it with modern audio quality.
P.S. It's not "Narrated by: uncredited", it's "Narrated by: Richard P. Feynman"
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- otter69
- 03-09-23
Brilliant
To have the chance to listen to this incredible man is awesome. Poor sound in lecture 1 but the others are better. He is my hero so this is very special.
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- M. Harding
- 24-02-16
excellent
superb book for anyone interested in the subjects covered. as easy to understand as could be hoped and a pleasure to listen to. the quality is a little poor to start with but listenable and soon improved.
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- Julia Kylmälä
- 31-05-22
A headline
Don't be put off by the quality of the first lecture - the rest are more listenable, and hearing this amazing man talk himself is in itself worth the purchase. But I am definitely biased.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-05-22
it is not an audio book.
it is the audio track of Feynman's lectures and not the six easy pieces on physics. You can find the lectures on youtube. You need to see what he writes on the blackboard.
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- Jarome
- 18-04-22
Can't hear anything
It is impossible to understand the audio.
I wish I've known this before I listened.
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- Sheila
- 10-03-22
Imho only really suitable for Feynman devotees. (me amongst others!).
As indicated, the sound quality - although restored/remastered, is poor, especially through the first three chapters or so. In places almost unintelligible. It improves towards the end. In the last chapters it was possible to capture the intelligent, charming, knowledgeable educator’s personality. For this alone, I found the purchase worthwhile.
It should have come with accompanying text, to be able to get any real educational value from it. But I enjoyed listening to Feynman’s voice in the last lectures, where the sound was clearer.
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