The whole thing was basically an experiment,' Richard Feynman, looking back on
the origins of these lectures, said late in his career. It turned out to be a
hugely successful one, spawning books that have remained a definitive
introduction to all physics for decades. And now, 'Basic Books' is proud to
publish the complete, error-free, and authorised collection of the late Richard
P. Feynman's lectures. As a fundamental aspect of our knowledge of the physical
world, quantum mechanics remains a vital subject in physics. Feynman begins with
the ideas of amplitudes and the abstract notion of a state in Volume I, before
moving on to the study of two-state systems in Volume II. The novel approach in
Volume III rounds out and builds upon the material developed in the earlier
lectures, while remaining independent of the first two. Timeless and
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