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Introduction aux lasers et à l'optique quantique
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ISBN: 2729857788 9782729857783 Year: 1997 Publisher: Paris: Ellipses,

Quantum mechanics
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ISBN: 9781584889700 1584889705 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York : Taylor & Francis,

Elements of quantum optics
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ISBN: 3540521607 0387521607 366207009X 3662070073 Year: 1990 Publisher: Berlin : Springer,

Frontiers in nonlinear optics : the Sergei Akhmanov memorial volume
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ISBN: 0750302186 Year: 1993 Publisher: Bristol ; Philadelphia Institute of Physics Publishing


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Cavity quantum electrodynamics
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ISBN: 0120922452 9780120922451 Year: 1994 Volume: 2/suppl. Publisher: Boston: Academic press,


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Optical bistability: controlling light with light
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ISBN: 0122819403 0122819411 0323148646 1299365124 9780122819407 Year: 1985 Publisher: Orlando (Fla.): Academic press,

Measuring the quantum state of light
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ISBN: 0521497302 Year: 1997 Publisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,

QED : the strange theory of light and matter
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ISBN: 0691083886 0691024170 0691150923 140084746X 9780691083889 Year: 1985 Publisher: Princeton (N.J.): Princeton university press,

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Abstract

Famous the world over for the creative brilliance of his insights into the physical world, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the nonscientist. "QED" - the edited version of four lectures on quantum electrodynamics that Feynman gave to the general public at UCLA as part of the Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lecture series - is perhaps the best example of his ability to communicate both the substance and the spirit of science to the layperson. The focus, as the title suggests, is quantum electrodynamics (QED), the part of the quantum theory of fields that describes the interactions of the quanta of the electromagnetic field - light, X rays, gamma rays - with matter and those of charged particles with one another. By extending the formalism developed by Dirac in 1933, which related quantum and classical descriptions of the motion of particles, Feynman revolutionized the quantum mechanical understanding of the nature of particles and waves. And, by incorporating his own readily isualizable formulation of quantum mechanics, Feynman created a diagrammatic version of QED that made calculations much simpler and also provided visual insights into the mechanisms of quantum electrodynamic processes. In this book, using everyday language, spatial concepts, visualizations, and his renowned "Feynman diagrams" instead of advanced mathematics, Feynman successfully provides a definitive introduction to QED for a lay readership without any distortion of the basic science. Characterized by Feynman's famously original clarity and humor, this popular book on QED has not been equaled since its publication.

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