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Anyone interested in learning basically all of physics should pick up Feynman's series on it. It is beautiful and teaches math and critical thinking at the same time.


Is this a book or video series? I'd be interested if you could provide a link to the series you mention specifically.


It's a series of textbooks [1] based on lectures Feynman gave while teaching the introductory physics sequence at Caltech.

To my knowledge, no universities actually use the Feynman Lectures as a textbook for their introductory courses. However, some students who have already taken physics read the Feynman Lectures later and (self-)report a much clearer understanding.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feynman_Lectures_on_Physic...


FYI, the audio of the lectures is also available, but can be difficult to find. Afair, some of its a little scrappy at the start (poor recording setup?) but his delivery is great. I wish there was video available.

See also the Feynman Lectures on Computation.


UC Berkeley uses the books for their course. I'm not sure which specific class though.


I was a Physics PhD student at Berkeley and taught intro physics; none of the classes used Feynman as a primary text to my knowledge.


Perhaps they just started now, Physics h7B requires it. http://ninjacourses.com/explore/course/2433/#books


The Web page you linked to lists it as a "recommended" text, which means it is indeed not the primary text. The required text is Purcell.




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