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On 2011, Jul 19, , at 18:29, carmelo@pacific.net.sg wrote:
Isn't The Feynman Lectures still effective? The conclusion should be "many did not know how to deliver lecture effectively."
Not what I'd read**! Here's some evidence:
"It is also acknowledged that these books are not well suited for beginning physics students. Feynman's introductory physics courses themselves, on which the books were based, were apparently failures-- James Gleick details this in his biography of Feymnan (Genius)."
http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0000qV
I asked about the Eisberg and Lerner's text -- why it wan't used? The reply was for the same reason Feynman's failed.
**IIRC, on this list. The above (and below) is a google result.
bc, thesis student of Bob Eisberg (ca. 1962 - '65) and uses both for reference.