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Feynman corrected the notes for the first 11 lectures, which were distributed in typescript by the caltech bookstore but never otherwise published. The feynman lectures on gravitation are based on notes prepared during a course on gravitational. Feynman s effective classroom style remains intact in these volumes, a valuable work by a remarkable educator. New books in the series are commissioned by invitation. Richard feynman, fernando morinigo, william wagner, brian hatfield, david pines. Feynman, a nobel laureate who has sometimes been called the great explainer. You can also watch video of some of the material covered in those lectures. In 1971 feynman approved the distribution of lectures 1216 by the bookstore, but by then he had lost interest in gravitation and did not correct the notes.