Richard Feynman's Book QED

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last updated 11 August 2009.

Richard P. Feynman, QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1985).

This book is a masterful exposition of quantum mechanics, aimed not at teaching students to do calculations, but at teaching them to understand what's going on behind calculations. Reading this book helps students avoid "a false sophistication which emphasizes technique rather than understanding." (D. Kleppner and R. Kolenkow, An Introduction to Mechanics, page xv.)

I have prepared a synoptic contents and an elucidation of some tricky points.

Reviews:

Toichiro Kinoshita, American Scientist 75 (January 1987) 76.
Philip Morrison, Scientific American 255 (October 1986) 43.
Will Hughes, American Journal of Physics 54 (August 1986) 766-767.
Michael Lemonick, Science Digest 94 (July 1986) 81.
Pedro Waloschek, Nature 320 (17 April 1986) 661-662.
John Gribbin, New Scientist 109 (20 February 1986) 54.

Commentary (including an offer to sell videotapes):

J.M. Dudley and A.M. Kwan, "Richard Feynman's popular lectures on quantum electrodynamics," American Journal of Physics 64 (June 1996) 694-698.