QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter is a popular science book by physicist Richard Feynman that explains the quantum theory of electrodynamics in an accessible, lecture-based style.
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non-fiction book
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physics book → popular science book → |
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Richard Feynman
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| basedOn |
1983 Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures
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lectures by Richard Feynman → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| educationalUse |
introductory reading on quantum mechanics and QED
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| explains |
basic ideas of quantum electrodynamics for lay readers
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how light interacts with matter at the quantum level → how to compute probabilities using arrows (vectors) in the complex plane → |
| format |
book version of public lectures
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popular science
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science → |
| hasAuthorAward |
Nobel Prize in Physics (Richard Feynman)
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theoretical physicist
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hardcover
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paperback → |
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9780691024172
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160
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| intendedAudience |
general audience
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non-specialists in physics → |
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English
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print
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| notableFor |
accessible explanation of quantum electrodynamics
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use of everyday analogies to explain quantum phenomena → |
| originalPublisher |
Princeton University Press
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| publicationYear |
1985
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| publisherSeries |
Princeton Science Library
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| relatedWork |
QED (quantum electrodynamics) theory
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The Feynman Lectures on Physics → |
| shortTitle |
QED
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| style |
informal
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lecture-based → |
| subject |
light
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matter → quantum electrodynamics → quantum physics → |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
20th-century physics
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| title |
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
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| topic |
Feynman diagrams
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electron → interference → photon → probability amplitudes → quantum theory of radiation → reflection and refraction of light → wave–particle duality → |
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1983 Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures
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1983 Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures
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1983 Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures
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Richard Feynman
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1983 Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures
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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
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