Гений. Жизнь и наука Ричарда Фейнмана

Почти все работы Фейнмана записаны с его слов и опубликованы во множестве вариантов, причем не только официальных. Ни у самого Фейнмана, ни в библиотеке Калтеха нет полного списка. Некоторые лекции постоянно переиздавались в журналах и сборниках, версии их либо идентичны, либо содержат незначительные отличия. Другие существуют только в виде записей, предшествовавших событиям, студенческих рукописных заметок, университетских препринтов, машинописных отрывков, отредактированных и нет, протоколах конференций, компьютерных файлов или видео- и аудиозаписей. Некоторые рукописи сохранились и могут быть напечатаны, другие — не что иное, как наброски на салфетках, разрозненные и непоследовательные. Ниже приводится своеобразный путеводитель по работам Фейнмана. В него вошли те, что издавались в различных формах, неизданные, а также другие важные заметки и документы, упоминаемые в этой книге.

1933–34. “The Calculus: Scribble-In Book.” Notebook. AIP.

1935. “The Calculus of Finite Differences.” The f(x). Far Rockaway High School Mathematics Club. January, 1. CIT.

Feynman and Welton, T. A. 1936–37. Notebook. AIP.

1939a. “Forces and Stresses in Molecules.” Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of bachelor of science in physics. AIP.

1939b. “Forces in Molecules.” Physical Review 56:340.

Vallarta, M. S., and Feynman. 1939. “The Scattering of Cosmic Rays by the Stars of a Galaxy.” Physical Review 55:506.

1940. “Notebook of Things I Don’t Know About.” Notebook. CIT.

1941d. “The Interaction Theory of Radiation.” Typescript. AIP.

1941b. “Particles Interacting thru an Intermediate Oscillator.” Draft pages toward Ph.D. thesis. PERS.

Feynman and Wheeler, John Archibald. 1941. “Reaction of the Absorber as the Mechanism of Radiative Damping. Abstract.” Physical Review 59: 682.

1942a. Ph.D. thesis manuscript. CIT.

1942b. “The Principle of Least Action in Quantum Mechanics.” Ph.D. thesis, Princeton University.

1942c. Effects of Space Charge; Use of Sine Waves. Isotron Report no. 2, 5 January. SMY.

1942d. Kinematics of the Separator. Isotron Report no. 7, 14 April. SMY.

1942e. The Design of the Buncher and Analyzer. Isotron Report no. 17, 26 August. SMY.

1942f. A Note on the Cascade Operation of Isotrons. Isotron Report no. 20, 8 September. SMY.

Wheeler, John Archibald, and Feynman. 1942. “Action at a Distance in Classical Physics: Reaction of the Absorber as the Mechanism of Radiative Damping.” Typescript. AIP.

1943d. The Operation of Isotrons in Cascade. Isotron Report no. 29, 27 January. SMY.

1943b. Factors Which Influence the Separation. Isotron Report no. 35, 22 February. SMY.

1944. “Theoretical Department.” Unsigned draft typescript for Smyth 1945. LANL.

Ashkin, J.; Ehrlich, R.; and Feynman. 1944. “First Report on the Hydride.” Typescript, 31 January. LANL.

1945. “A New Approximate Method for Rapid Calculation of Critical Amounts of X.” Typescript. LANL.

Wheeler, John Archibald, and Feynman. 1945. “Interaction with the Absorber as the Mechanism of Radiation.” Reviews of Modern Physics 17:157.

1946a. Amplifier Response. Los Alamos Reports, LA-593. LANL.

1946b. A Theorem and Its Application to Finite Tampers. Los Alamos Reports, LA-608, Series B. LANL.

Feynman and Bethe, Hans A. 1946. Abstract for New York Meeting of the American Physical Society, 19–21 September. Typescript. CIT.

1947. “Theory of Positrons.” Notes. CIT.

Feynman and Welton, T. A. 1947. The Calculation of Critical Masses Including the Effects of the Distribution of Neutron Energies. Los Alamos Reports, Series B, LA-524. LANL.

1948a. “Space-Time Approach to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics.” Reviews of Modern Physics 20:367.

1948b. “A Relativistic Cut-Off for Classical Electrodynamics,” Physical Review 74:939.

1948c. “Relativistic Cut-Off for Quantum Electrodynamics.” Physical Review 74: 1430.

1948d. “Pocono Conference.” Physics Today, June, 8.

1948e. “Pocono Conference.” Typescript. LOC.

1948f. Paper T5: “Theory of Positrons.” Talk prepared for American Physical Society meeting in January 1949. CIT.

1949a. “The Theory of Positrons.” Physical Review 76:749.

1949b. “Space-Time Approach to Quantum Electrodynamics.” Physical Review 76:769.

Feynman; Metropolis, Nicholas; and Teller, Edward. 1949. “Equations of State of Elements Based on the Generalized Fermi-Thomas Theory.” Physical Review 75:1561.