Description: The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands Signed by Richard Feynman; first edition set with exercise books Reading, MA; Palo Alto, CA; London: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1963, 1964, 1965. First edition, first printings of all three books, with first editions of their respective exercise books. Signed by Richard Feynman in ink beneath on preface of Vol. I. Complete in three volumes, perfect bound in original red cloth lettered in white and gilt; exercise books in stapled wraps. Very Good, with light foxing to edges and shelf wear, spine slightly sunned. No writing or marks in text. Spine of Vol. I slightly concave. slight curve to boards of Vol. III. Exercise books are in Near Fine condition overall; Vol. II wraps slightly worn. A stamped envelope and a sheet of notes from the former owner laid in. A rare signed set of the important lectures Feynman gave at the California Institute of Technology, 1961-1963. Feynman received a share of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics. This set belonged to the noted physicist Peter D. Zimmerman, recently purchased at the sale of his estate. Each hardcover volume has Zimmerman's neatly printed name in ink on the front free endpaper, with his dates of purchase in 1964 and 1965. Zimmerman (1941-2021) was an American nuclear physicist, arms control expert, and former Chief Scientist of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. At his death, he was Emeritus Professor of Science and Security at King's College London. He graduated from Stanford in 1963 with a BS, a Filosofie Licentiat degree at Lund University in 1967 and a Ph.D from Stanford in 1969. An uncommon first printing set of one of the most popular physics texts of all time, a compilation of the Nobel laureate's lectures at Caltech. Scarce signed.
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Author: Feynman, Richard; Robert B. Leighton; Matthew Sands
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co
Year Printed: 1965
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Signed
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Original/Facsimile: Original
