QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

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non-fiction book physics book popular science book

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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instanceOf non-fiction book ⓘ
physics book ⓘ
popular science book ⓘ
author Richard Feynman ⓘ
basedOn 1983 Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures ⓘ
lectures by Richard Feynman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
educationalUse introductory reading on quantum mechanics and QED ⓘ
explains basic ideas of quantum electrodynamics for lay readers ⓘ
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 ⓘ
genre popular science ⓘ
science ⓘ
hasAuthorAward Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
surface form: Nobel Prize in Physics (Richard Feynman)
hasAuthorProfession theoretical physicist ⓘ
hasCoverType hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
hasISBN 9780691024172 ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox 160 ⓘ
intendedAudience general audience ⓘ
non-specialists in physics ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor accessible explanation of quantum electrodynamics ⓘ
use of everyday analogies to explain quantum phenomena ⓘ
originalPublisher Princeton University Press ⓘ
publicationYear 1985 ⓘ
publisherSeries Princeton University Press ⓘ
surface form: Princeton Science Library
relatedWork quantum electrodynamics ⓘ
surface form: QED (quantum electrodynamics) theory

Feynman Lectures on Physics ⓘ
surface form: The Feynman Lectures on Physics
shortTitle QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: QED
style informal ⓘ
lecture-based ⓘ
subject light ⓘ
matter ⓘ
quantum electrodynamics ⓘ
quantum physics ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed 20th-century physics ⓘ
title QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter self-link ⓘ
topic Feynman diagrams ⓘ
electron ⓘ
interference ⓘ
photon ⓘ
probability amplitudes ⓘ
quantum theory of radiation ⓘ
reflection and refraction of light ⓘ
wave–particle duality ⓘ

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