Journal Dear Feynman Lectures Forum Members,

Les trois tomes des lectures de Feynman-Leighton-Sands sont un peu considéré comme une bible en physique.

Il y a beaucoup à dire sur Richard Feynman, en vrac : prix Nobel, projet Manhattan, diagrammes, vulgarisation… L'article de wikipédia est très exhaustif sur le sujet :

il trouva la combinaison d'une serrure en essayant les numéros qu'un physicien utiliserait (il s'agissait de 27-18-28, les premiers chiffres de e = 2,71828…), et il trouva que trois bureaux qui contenaient des notes sur les recherches sur la bombe avaient la même combinaison

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman

Le bouquin a été publié sous copyright : http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_copyright.html
Mais quand on sait le prix des bouquins (150 / 200 €), c'est déjà je trouve une belle initiative.

Voici le sommaire du premier volume qui vient d'être publié sur son site. On y trouvera principalement de la mécanique classique et quantique et un peu électromagnétisme :

1. Atoms in Motion
2. Basic Physics
3. The Relation of Physics to Other Sciences
4. Conservation of Energy
5. Time and Distance
6. Probability
7. The Theory of Gravitation
8. Motion
9. Newton’s Laws of Dynamics
10. Conservation of Momentum
11. Vectors
12. Characteristics of Force
13. Work and Potential Energy (A)
14. Work and Potential Energy (conclusion)
15. The Special Theory of Relativity
16. Relativistic Energy and Momentum
17. Space-Time
18. Rotation in Two Dimensions
19. Center of Mass; Moment of Inertia
20. Rotation in space
21. The Harmonic Oscillator
22. Algebra
23. Resonance
24. Transients
25. Linear Systems and Review
26. Optics: The Principle of Least Time
27. Geometrical Optics
28. Electromagnetic Radiation
29. Interference
30. Diffraction
31. The Origin of the Refractive Index
32. Radiation Damping. Light Scattering
33. Polarization
34. Relativistic Effects in Radiation
35. Color Vision
36. Mechanisms of Seeing
37. Quantum Behavior
38. The Relation of Wave and Particle Viewpoints
39. The Kinetic Theory of Gases
40. The Principles of Statistical Mechanics
41. The Brownian Movement
42. Applications of Kinetic Theory
43. Diffusion
44. The Laws of Thermodynamics
45. Illustrations of Thermodynamics
46. Ratchet and pawl
47. Sound. The wave equation
48. Beats
49. Modes
50. Harmonics
51. Waves
52. Symmetry in Physical Laws

Le message adressé aux participants du forums de lecture :

Dear Feynman Lectures Forum Members,
Have you ever wished there was a high-quality up-to-date version of The Feynman Lectures on Physics available online? One that could be read with a browser so you could study FLP on your smartphone, tablet, notebook or desktop computer, whenever you felt like it? For free? Well, now there is, and you are among the first to hear about it!
A few words about the free HTML edition of FLP (New Millennium Edition)
It was an idea conceived many years ago, when through FL website correspondence I became aware of the many eager young minds who could benefit from reading FLP, who want to read it, but for economic or other reasons have no access to it, while at the same time I was becoming aware of the growing popularity of horrid scanned copies of old editions of FLP circulating on file-sharing and torrent websites. A free high-quality online edition was my proposed solution to both problems. All concerned agreed on the potential pedagogical benefits, but also had to be convinced that book sales would not be harmed. The conversion from LaTeX to HTML was expensive: we raised considerable funds, but ran out before finishing Volumes II and III, so we are only posting Volume I initially. (I am working on finishing Volumes II and III myself, as time permits, and will start posting chapters in the not-too-distant future, if all goes as planned.)
When you read our HTML edition you will notice a floating menu in the top right corner with Twitter, Facebook, and email buttons (to tell your friends about it!), navigation buttons ('last chapter,' 'table of contents', and 'next chapter'), a "contact us" button (that sends email to me), and a "Buy" button that links to a page of advertising for our books and ebooks, with links to retailers' web pages. To support our effort in producing and maintaining the HTML edition, and to help us keep it free, I would appreciate it very much if you would take some time to explore the retailer's pages through the links on our "Buy" page.
Enough said!
You can access the free HTML edition of FLP either by going to the home page of www.feynmanlectures.info and clicking on "Read," or you can go directly to it at either of two servers:
www.feynmanlectures.info/flp or www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu
(So what's the difference between the servers? I maintain the site at feynmanlectures.info, so changes are reflected there immediately. On the other hand, feynmanlectures.caltech.edu is generally faster and more responsive. The entire edition is mirrored from feynmanlectures.info to feynmanlectures.caltech.edu every day, so the latter is current within 24 hours.)
- hope you enjoy the new edition! If you like it, please tell your friends.
Best regards,
Mike Gottlieb Editor, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, New Millennium Edition
P.S. If you've received this email more than once, I apologize. We're having some problems with our mail servers this morning!

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