Michael A. Gottlieb

Feynman's 1961-64 Caltech undergraduate physics lectures were never filmed or videotaped. They were tape-recorded and photographed, and this material formed the basis of The Feynman Lectures on Physics (FLP). Most of the tapes are commercially available on CD, sold by Perseus in "volumes" of 6 lectures each. The correspondence between Perseus's audio volumes and the chapters of FLP can be found here. Mike Gottlieb Editor, The Feynman Lectures on Physics www.feynmanlectures.info

Thanks for fixing the broken link! Feynman's Tips on Physics (TIPS) includes about 80 exercises for chapters 1-20 of FLP Vol I. It's a nice collection of exercises (80 of my personal favorites, in fact - I selected them), but it isn't enough exercises, really, even to cover FLP Vol I chapters 1-20. The 1000 exercises in the new exercise book will include all the exercises in TIPS plus a lot more; We hope it will provide a sufficiently large collection of exercises for self-studying physics using FLP. Thanks for the kudos!

That The Feynman Lectures on Physics (FLP) is unsuitable as a text for teaching beginners physics is a popular misconception, which you can read more about here. In fact, FLP was used for almost two decades as the textbook for the 2-yr introductory (freshmen and sophomore) physics course required of all students attending Caltech (regardless of major), most of whom had no background in physics nor any calculus before taking the FLP course at Caltech. The only real shortcoming of FLP as a physics textbook, in my opinion, is its lack of exercises; My colleagues and I are currently addressing that problem and hope to publish an exercise book for FLP later this year. Michael A. Gottlieb Editor, The Feynman Lectures on Physics www.feynmanlectures.info