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Matthiasa

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Those would have had to of been some really long lectures(okay yeah would have been over several days but still), some of those would be more like an outline then what someone would learn from in a day or two. I mean starting learning what current is, then hitting power lines, transformers, rectifiers, transistors, filters, generators. Might take a little more then a class period or two or three or... :p
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Oh yeah and I wouldn't have like to do the math in some of those lectures without a good calculator. :p
 
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Crono

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Excellent. I was looking for some physics reading material to read during my lunch break at work.

Thanks :)
 
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Lifer
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Looking at some of the topics, some of it is introductory level (Physics I + II) and soem of it is more advanced.

I need to review, anyway, it's been a couple of years since gen. physics for me.
 
GodlessAstronomer

GodlessAstronomer

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These are absolutely the best physics books you can buy in my opinion. I happen to own very high quality hard-bound copies of the whole series and they are my most treasured books. I've read a lot of Feynmann's popular physics stuff too (QED is one of my favourite books, I loaned it to a friend and never got it back).

My Feynmann books:
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gaidensensei

gaidensensei

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How are these compared to Walker physics series?

Trying to right click and save each one like mad in case it wasn't supposed to be released like this.
 
PieIsAwesome

PieIsAwesome

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Haven't looked through it all, of course, but isn't that like the whole undergrad, lower-division, general 'physics for scientists and engineers' series? Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Heat, Light, and Waves and maybe something else. Seems like good review.
 
GodlessAstronomer

GodlessAstronomer

Lifer
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gaidensensei said:
How are these compared to Walker physics series?
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Halliday, Resznik, Walker was my main undergrad text (is this what you mean by "Walker series"?). The Feynmann lectures are less comprehensive because they are lectures, so they don't include homework problems etc. They are supposed to be supplemented with course work which isn't included.

However, Feynmann has a style that is just amazing - he was one of the world's great teachers. I'd recommend the Feynmann lectures as a supplement to a physics course or for anyone wanting to take their popular physics knowledge to the next level (learning the mathematical underpinnings of what they are interested in) without the rigor of a full degree.

Feynmann did release a supplementary book called Tips on Physics, but it's also not comprehensive.
 
GodlessAstronomer

GodlessAstronomer

Lifer
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gaidensensei said:
How are these compared to Walker physics series?
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Halliday, Resznik, Walker was my main undergrad text (is this what you mean by "Walker series"?). The Feynmann lectures are less comprehensive because they are lectures, so they don't include homework problems etc. They are supposed to be supplemented with course work which isn't included.

However, Feynmann has a style that is just amazing - he was one of the world's great teachers. I'd recommend the Feynmann lectures as a supplement to a physics course or for anyone wanting to take their popular physics knowledge to the next level (learning the mathematical underpinnings of what they are interested in) without the rigor of a full degree.

Feynmann did release a supplementary book called Tips on Physics, but it's also not comprehensive.
 
Locut0s

Locut0s

Lifer
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ConstipatedVigilante said:
Is there a faster way to download these than right clicking/save as on every one?
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There are FF addons that can download all the links on a page. There's also the 3rd party freeware GNU program Wget. And other alternatives. I don't think any browser natively supports mass download though.
 
Locut0s

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GodlessAstronomer

GodlessAstronomer

Lifer
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Wouldn't take long to write a Powershell or Bash script to download all of the PDFs in the given folder. But I'm not going to do it :p
 
Mike Gayner

Mike Gayner

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I would be surprised if this is legal - sorry to be a buzz kill, but people should be paid for this type of work. Isn't this is equivalent of posting pirated games in the PC Gaming forum?
 
GodlessAstronomer

GodlessAstronomer

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Mike Gayner said:
I would be surprised if this is legal - sorry to be a buzz kill, but people should be paid for this type of work. Isn't this is equivalent of posting pirated games in the PC Gaming forum?
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Meh for this kind of stuff I don't really care if Feyman's family or publishers get paid. As far as I'm concerned when the primary authors are dead there is no moral obligation to pay for it. Legal obligation could be another story.
 
Locut0s

Locut0s

Lifer
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Mike Gayner said:
I would be surprised if this is legal - sorry to be a buzz kill, but people should be paid for this type of work. Isn't this is equivalent of posting pirated games in the PC Gaming forum?
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Huh I'm not sure. The lectures themselves were actual lectures given during a semester of classes and Feynman has been dead for some time. But you could be right someone may own the rights to this. I don't know. Someone PM me if they know and I'll take the link down if it's not legal.

I personally am not really against piracy but I don't wish to post any thing that would be against copywrite.
 
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