Learning items

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I

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Concept

Atomic hypothesis

Matter's large-scale behavior can be explained through particles and their interactions.

Concept

Evaporation and cooling

Escaping molecules can remove energy from a liquid.

Concept

Experimental test

A scientific model must answer to observations that can check its predictions.

Concept

Leptons

Elementary particles that do not experience the strong interaction.

Concept

Unity of scientific explanation

Related levels of explanation connect fields without removing their distinctive questions.

Vocabulary

Photon

A quantum of the electromagnetic field.

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I

Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands