Most Popular Books by Ralph Leighton

This two-part profile of the late Nobel Prize-winning scientist reveals the influence of his father and his first wife on his life and discusses his role in the investigation of the "Challenger" explosion.

A close friend of physicist Richard Feynman chronicles his relationship with the scientist and describes their ten-year quest to reach the remote country of Tannu Tuva.

When Richard Feynman gave the two-year course on physics that would become the famous "Feynman Lectures on Physics," four lectures were left out of the published set. Also included in this collection is an essay by Matthew Sands, who discusses the origins of the collection and the lectures themselves.

For use in schools and libraries only. The Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist talks about his adventure-filled life in a series of transcribed taped discussions

This book examines the importance, and potential, of citizenship education, using extensive qualitative data from England and Sweden. The authors draw on the work of Nira Yuval-Davis and other prominent scholars in the field to frame citizenship as membership of numerous communities, for example disability, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and social class. This intersectional approach enables a rich understanding of the experiences and capabilities of young people, and bridges the gap between the formal meaning and real experiences of citizenship. The book presents case studies from England and Sweden, two contexts that have similar societies and school systems but very different approaches to citizenship education. Using this rich data, the authors illuminate the perspectives of young learners and their teachers to understand how learners can uphold their rights and responsibilities as citizens. This book will be of interest and value to scholars of social justice and citizenship education.

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Dieser Ergänzungsband enthält lange als verschollen gegoltene Vorlesungen, mit denen Richard P. Feynman seine Studierenden auf die Prüfung vorbereitete. Mit seinem ganz eigenen Humor und seinen einzigartigen Einblicken wiederholt Feynman die wichtigsten Grundlagen und gibt wertvolle Tipps, wie man an physikalische Probleme herangeht und sie löst. Das Vorwort von Matthew Sands, einem Kollegen Feynmans am Caltech, schildert aus erster Hand die Entstehungs- und Publikationsgeschichte dieser vielleicht berühmtesten Vorlesungsreihe der Physik. Abgerundet werden die Tipps durch Übungen von Robert Leighton und Rochus Vogt, die speziell zur Ergänzung der Feynman-Vorlesungen entwickelt wurden. Erstmalig enthält die Neuauflage der überarbeiteten New Millennium Edition drei Interviews mit Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton und Rochus Vogt.

Dans cet ouvrage, Michael Gottlieb et Ralph Leighton ont regroupé uatre cours inédits de Richard Feynman. Les trois premiers sont des cours de révision dans lesquels Feynman, avec son humour et son recours à l’intuition caractéristiques, donne des méthodes et dévoile ses astuces pour comprendre et résoudre des problèmes de physique. Certains exemples de problèmes ont un intérêt historique, comme la découverte du noyau atomique par Rutherford et la détermination de la masse du méson pi. Le quatrième cours est consacré aux eff ets dynamiques et à leurs applications. Ralph Leighton et Rochus Vogt ont complété l’ouvrage avec 80 exercices. Conçus à l’origine pour le Cours de physique de Feynman, de diffi culté croissante et suivis de leur solution, ils permettent de mettre immédiatement en application les astuces de Feynman. Cet ouvrage est un complément indispensable au légendaire Cours de physique de Feynman.

Citizenship education was introduced into the curriculum as the subject to bring about a change in the political culture of a nation. However, without taking a radical approach to the teaching of this subject, its core values are likely to be lost. Teaching Citizenship Education introduces the central themes of citizenship education and evaluates the success of a number of delivery methods currently being used throughout the UK and internationally. Ralph Leighton adopts some of the insights and arguments provided by advocates of the radical and democratic approach to education to demonstrate that citizenship education can become a liberating and empowering force for change. He encourages readers to think about the nature of the subject and the experiences they are providing for their students, and provides a framework for how to go about creating something which really is more than just a subject. The companion website provides additional support for students and lecturers. This book is a ''must-have'' for all those looking to teach citizenship education with confidence and imagination.

Richard Feynman fut un scientifique hors norme. Non seulement il contribua en profondeur à la grande aventure de la physique des particules élémentaires, depuis la fabrication de la bombe atomique pendant la guerre alors qu''il n''a pas 25 ans, jusqu''à ses diagrammes qui permettent d''y voir un peu plus clair dans les processus physiques de base. Non seulement il fut un professeur génial, n''hésitant pas à faire le clown pour garder l''attention de ses étudiants et à simplifier pour aller à l''essentiel. Mais il mena une vie excentrique - collectionneur, bouffon, impertinent, joueur de bongo, amateur de strip-tease, séducteur impénitent, déchiffreur de codes secrets et de textes mayas, explorateur en Asie centrale -, qu''il raconte ici avec l''humour du gamin des rues de New York qu''il n''a jamais cessé d''être.

由Gweneth feynamn和Ralph Leighton授权出版

Het levensverhaal van de Amerikaanse natuurkundige en Nobelprijswinnaar (1918-1988).

In Siberia in the mountain steppes above the border of Mongolia lies Tuva, an isolated country of herdsmen and shepherds. Among them are exquisitely talented musicians who can sing two notes at once, producing powerful overtones, like whistling wind or a great storm. This recording showcases the main styles of Tuvan throat singing as well as the embellishments on those techniques.