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The last lecture course that Nobel Prize winner Richard P. Feynman gave

to students at Caltech from 1983 to 1986 was not on physics but on computer

science. The first edition of the Feynman Lectures on Computation, published

in 1996, provided an overview... Read Full Overview

The last lecture course that Nobel Prize winner Richard P. Feynman gave

to students at Caltech from 1983 to 1986 was not on physics but on computer

science. The first edition of the Feynman Lectures on Computation, published

in 1996, provided an overview... Read Full Overview

When, in 1984?86, Richard P. Feynman gave his famous course on computation at the California Institute of Technology, he asked Tony Hey to adapt his lecture notes into a book. Although led by Feynman, the course also featured, as occasional guest speakers, some of the most brilliant... Read Full Overview

"When, in 1984--86, Richard P. Feynman gave his famous course on computation at the California Institute of Technology, he asked Tony Hey to adapt his lecture notes into a book. Although led by Feynman,"