Six Easy Pieces
by Richard Phillips Feynman
★ Top 25 book of 1994 · #15 on Best Books of 1994
Drawn from Feynman's celebrated Caltech lectures of the early 1960s, this collection offers an approachable introduction to physics. Topics range from atoms and energy to gravity and quantum mechanics.
Best for: General readers curious about physics who want a lively, accessible introduction
Six Easy Pieces is #15 on BookWard's Best Books of 1994, out of 42 1994 books that cleared our data bar.
What Six Easy Pieces is about
Richard Feynman's six short pieces are drawn from the lectures he gave at the California Institute of Technology between 1961 and 1963, talks said to have changed how physics is taught around the world. Students and professors alike remembered his teaching as vivid and delightfully unconventional, and that spirit carries into print.
The book is written for the general reader. It explains atoms, basic physics, energy, gravitation and quantum mechanics, and it also looks at how physics connects to other fields of knowledge. Anyone curious about how matter and nature actually work, or who has wanted a friendly first step into physics from one of its best-loved teachers, will find a clear, enthusiastic guide here.
Six Easy Pieces on the Best Books of 1994
Six Easy Pieces came out in 1994. Of the 42 books first published in 1994 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #15 on our Best Books of 1994 list.
Why it made the list: 318 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.7 out of 5 (14 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 1994 list
- Good Night Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, #13
- Lord of Chaos Robert Jordan, #14
- Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech, #16
- When I Was Puerto Rican Esmeralda Santiago, #17
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 280 want to read it, 16 are reading it now and 22 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.7 out of 5 from 14 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 67 | 55% |
| Reader love | 14 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 60 | 20% |
Questions about Six Easy Pieces
When was Six Easy Pieces published?
Six Easy Pieces by Richard Phillips Feynman was first published in 1994.
Was Six Easy Pieces one of the best books of 1994?
Six Easy Pieces is #15 on BookWard's Best Books of 1994, out of 42 1994 books that cleared our data bar. 318 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.7 out of 5 (14 ratings).
Why is Six Easy Pieces on the Best Books of 1994 list?
318 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.7 out of 5 (14 ratings).
More of the best books of 1994
- Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney, #1
- Artificial Intelligence Stuart J. Russell, #2
- The Six Pillars of Self-esteem Nathaniel Branden, #3
- Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela, #4
- Mercury and Me Jim Hutton, #5
- Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus John Gray, #6
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How we know
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