In QED The Strange Theory of Light & Matter Richard P Feynman explains in his lucid & witty style the revolutionary scientific theory that won him the Nobel Prize Quantum electrodynamics
- or QED for short
- is the theory that explains how light & electrons interact & in doing so illuminates the deepest & most complex mysteries of the world around us Thanks to Richard Feynman & his colleagues who won the Nobel Prize for their groundbreaking work in this area it is also one of the rare parts of physics that is known for sure
- a theory that has stood the test of time In these entertaining lectures Feynman uses clear everyday examples to provide the definitive introduction to QED ' The perfect example of scientific genius' Independent ' If you don't believe Nature is absurd let chatty Professor Feynman convince you in his series of exceedingly reader-friendly lectures Full of witty one-liners with its learning lightly worn it's a book to enlighten' Mail on Sunday ' Does a marvelous job of explaining one of twentieth-century physics' few unqualified triumphs' The New York Times Richard P Feynman (1918-1988) was one of this century's most brilliant theoretical physicists & original thinkers Feynman's other books also available in Penguin include QED Six Easy Pieces Six Not-so-Easy Pieces Don't You Have Time to Think The Pleasure of Finding Things Out What Do You Care What Other People Think? & The Meaning of it All