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Editor of The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Definitive and Millennium editions

Coauthor, with Feynman and Leighton, of "Feynman's Tips on Physics, a problem-solving supplement to The Feynman Lectures on Physics"

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  • A reply on Conversation: Need explanation for Feynman's statement

    Aug 22 2011: The first sentence seems to me a more or less correct rephrasing (though not as detailed as the equivalent part of Feynman's statement). However, what follows, about the arrow of time and entropy increasing, has, so far as I can tell, nothing directly to do with what Feynman is saying in the quotation for which you seek clarification.
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    A comment on Conversation: Need explanation for Feynman's statement

    Aug 19 2011: Feynman discusses the idea of order in the universe arising from a fluctuation (in an otherwise unordered universe) in his famous "Ratchet and Pawl" lecture, which can be found in "The Feynman Lectures on Physics," Volume I, chapter 46. I would recommend reading the entire chapter, for context, but pay particular attention to Section 46-5, "Order and entropy."

    Mike Gottlieb
    Editor, The Feynman Lectures on Physics

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