QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
- ISBN-10
- 0691125759
- ISBN-13
- 9780691125756
- Series
- QED
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 158
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- Richard Phillips Feynman
Description
Using everyday language, spatial concepts, visualizations and his renowned "Feynman diagrams," the author clearly and humorously communicates the substance and spirit of QED (quantum electodynamics).
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