Feynman Audio Lectures: Complete Set Available?

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SUMMARY

The complete audio set of "The Feynman Lectures on Physics" is available for purchase through Basic Books and online retailers like Amazon, with prices around $532 on Audible.com. The original lectures were recorded on 1/4" reel-to-reel tape, and while some audio versions exist, they do not capture Feynman's visual teaching methods, which are crucial for understanding the material. A multimedia edition is in planning stages by Caltech and Basic Books, which aims to include original recordings and photographs of Feynman during his lectures. The discussion emphasizes that learning physics effectively requires engaging with both the audio and the corresponding texts, as well as working through exercises.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of "The Feynman Lectures on Physics" (FLP) content
  • Familiarity with audio lecture formats
  • Basic knowledge of physics concepts and terminology
  • Awareness of multimedia educational resources
NEXT STEPS
  • Research the availability of "The Feynman Lectures on Physics" audio recordings on Basic Books and Audible.com
  • Explore the multimedia edition of FLP being developed by Caltech
  • Investigate the role of visual aids in learning physics
  • Examine supplementary textbooks that accompany FLP, such as Robert Piccioni's "Feynman Lectures Simplified"
USEFUL FOR

Students, educators, and physics enthusiasts seeking to deepen their understanding of physics through audio and visual learning methods, as well as those interested in the legacy of Richard Feynman's teaching style.

  • #31
Michael,
Thanks for your many years of work in trying to bring R.P. Feynman's Lectures on Physics to everyone.
Your comment on Hachette was very informative. I think they are Brits.
Is there any way to release Feynman's lecture on Resonance? I suspect that it is spectacular. Resonance is so important.
Perhaps an appeal could be made to Hachette that, for the sake of preserving knowledge, an exception could be made wrt RPF.
I can understand that average folk might not understand the significance of the importance of Feynman's Lectures on Physics,
but publishers like Perseus and Hachette are generally well educated folks who have an appreciation for physics and outstanding
teachers of physics, such as Feynman.
Feynman's knowledge and his teachings compare to wonders like the Egyptian pyramids - beyond national treasures - world treasures.
Hang in there. We are all counting on you and Hachette.
Thanks.
 
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  • #32
Hachette is French, not British.

As for releasing the recording of the lecture on resonance (I:23) and the other unpublished lecture recordings ... For seven years Perseus (now Hachette) has ignored all of Caltech's requests to replace the current FLP audio with the newly digitized FLP audio. They are still selling the old commercial recordings, which do not include I:23. So... I can write another letter about it, but I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for the missing lecture recordings to come out.

No doubt there are people at Perseus/Hachette with pedagogical interests, but they are in business to make money. That is why they are refusing to publish our newly digitized FLP lecture recordings: there is no economic motivation for them to do so. If there were, they would do it. Another example: we recently made a 'demo' for a Kindle eTextbook (PDF-based) edition of Exercises for The Feynman Lectures on Physics, and Hachette refuses to publish such an edition because they say that their non-Amazon retailers retaliate when they sell anything exclusively at Amazon by refusing to sell their other books.
 
  • #33
Thank You
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  • #34
@codelieb
On a similar note, is there a chance we'll see (well, hear) an audio version of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! or What Do You Care What Other People Think? read by Feynman himself? As I understand, both books were taken from recordings, so with some editing, it seems possible. The books are fantastic, but to hear the original audio would take them to another level. It might be a nice way to celebrate Feynman's 100th birthday, too :biggrin:

As others have said, kudos and thanks for helping to bring the great man's works to all of us.
 
  • #35
According to my audio, in public version there isn't more lectures: V1Ch23, V1Ch34, V1Ch35, V2Ch4, V2Ch8, V2Ch19, V2Ch21, V2Ch28, V2Ch29, V3Ch5.
 

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