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"."