Six Easy Pieces

Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher

By: Richard P. Feynman

Narrated by: uncredited

Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Designed for non-scientists, Six Easy Pieces is an unparalleled introduction to the world of physics by one of the greatest teachers of all time.

The late Richard P. Feynman was Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on the development of quantum field theory. He was also one of the most famous and beloved figures of the 20th century, both in physics and in the public arena.

Don't miss any of Richard P. Feynman's engaging physics lectures.

©1963, 1989, 1995 The California Institute of Technology (P)2005 Perseus Publishing

Critic reviews

"Who would have thought the abiding truths of the universe sound best enunciated in a thick Brooklyn accent?" (The Wall Street Journal)

Richard Feynman

The original lectures delivered by the famous physicist Richard Feynman himself - his voice and accent make it seem as though Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) is teaching Physics!

Love the energy in the Live recordings!

Yes, the audio of the first lecture is a little rough, but the subsequent lectures are nice and clear. The energy and passion really comes through. fantastic!

Rare Treat

Difficult without a blackboard and chalk. Just use your imagination. There are no scientists like Feynman today. Today science is weaponized for political reasons. Grants are politicized. Tenures are politicized. Feynman did things his own way. I wish I had Feynman here today to talk about Climate Change. I don't trust anyone. I would trust him.

From the lips of a genius

Quite an experience to hear these lectures by Feynman in his own voice. Imagine a Nobel laureate giving an intro to physics course. Only he would’ve done that.

Technical difficulties made the first lecture difficult to hear, but that’s no one’s fault. The remainder are at times difficult to follow, having only the audio, but it’s still possible to clean some wonderful nuggets.

Worth the effort to listen.

Excellent - Audio by Richard Feynman

They don't make it obvious, but these are recordings of a select group of Richard Feynman's actual lectures. They tried to fix up the audio form one damaged reel at the beginning, but its a little rough. For the most part the audio is good to great. Very engaging. Sometimes hard to follow without being able to see his diagrams etc..

Ignore the other comments

Being able to hear these lecture from Feynman's own lips is an honor and a privilege. The first lecture is slightly incoherent, but the other 5 are easy to understand. As for the graphs and charts, you can easily find PDFs of the book online that have all of the graphs and charts. Don't miss this chance to hear this genius speak because of minor inconveniences.

Basics from a Master

The book consists of six lectures, I have the the paperback version also and notices a lot of the introductory material was not included in this audio. And of course the diagrams you don't get the in audio. But neverthless I enjoyed the read and gave the lectures 4 stars. Overall 3 stars. If you don't like science don't buy this book.

NO EASY PIECES OF PIE

These lectures should be accompanied with the illustrations that the professor uses for illustrative purposes. Thus it would be good to listen to the lectures while viewing a book that has the diagrams.

The audio quality of the first lecture is very poor. The technology should exist for enhancement. If that isn't possible, then a professional reader should be inserted.

Although the lectures were designed for the non-physics student. As a non-physics major, I found some of the material very difficult to understand.

This book will require considerable effort on the part of the listener.

the unbareable easyness of kowing...

When he speaks, everything falls into place with an astonishing straightforward ease, that has its roots in a simple approach: take what you have and deal with it! His notions on Philosophy and example anecdotes about transforming the problems of physics into our real life (conservation of energy:-), show a childlike mind, that has no problem at all with the fact that there are more questions than answers. He is jumping on the shoulders of the giants (the short history of physics) and is simply happy to have a new perspective, new facts to deal with,
whatever they are. He is inspiring, using everyday language to explain complex facts and relations, giving you also a new way of perception and fun in dealing with it.
I really wish I had a physics teacher like him......

Best teacher on physics that I know

Educational and hilarious at the same time! So much fun to listen to. good stuff.