David Goodstein
David Goodstein is the Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology. He has extensive research experience in condensed matter physics, and his book States of Matter (1975) was hailed as launching this important field. He directed and hosted the popular television series The Mechanical Universe, based on his lectures at Caltech.
David Goodstein is the Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology. He has extensive research experience in condensed matter physics, and his book States of Matter (1975) was hailed as launching this important field. He directed and hosted the popular television series The Mechanical Universe, based on his lectures at Caltech. See less
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Feynman's Lost Lecture: The Motion of Planets Around the Sun
Principia Primer!
I couldn't get through Newton's Principia. Come to find out, neither could Feynman. This book provides clear, easily understandable proofs, along with an interesting background of planetary motion ... Read More