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"In these lectures, everything you've ever heard about Feynman's wit and genius comes through". -- John Horgan, author of The End of Science."Want to really understand why time slows, mass increases and length contracts as something approaches light speed, why space has just got to be curved and why it is not only impossible to predict the future, but actually there is no fortune teller who can even tell us the present?' ... Sure this is hard stuff -- the cerebral equivalent of high-impact aerobics...but there is no better explanation for the scientifically literate layman...Just do it". -- The Washington Post Book WorldRichard Phillips Feynman is the author of 'Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (boxed set: hardcover book + 6 CDs)' with ISBN 9780201408966 and ISBN 0201408961.
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