
Feynman's Thesis
A New Approach to Quantum Theory
by Richard Phillips Feynman · first published 2005
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…Mechanics (1+2) Dirac - Lectures on Quantum Mechanics Eddington - Space, Time, and Gravitation Feynman - Feynman's Thesis Feynman and Hibbs - Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals Fermi - Thermodynamics Gattringer & Lang - Quantum Chromodynamics…
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite physics sites, documentaries, books?” ↗I find that often reading a scientist's dissertation will often tell you something about how they approach the rest of their research. Somewhere I actually have a paper copy of Feynman's Thesis under Wheeler, which covers exactly this material. He was clearly enamored of Lagrangian formulations quite early (I didn't know that it was due to a High School teacher). You can find this actual thesis…
on “Feynman’s Derivation of the Schrödinger Equation” ↗