FEYNMAN, Richard P.

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Quantum Electrodynamics and Meson Theories; High Energy Phenomena and Meson Theories; Quantum Electrodynamics. First editions of three scarce mimeographed lecture series documenting Feynman's teaching more than a decade before the Lectures on Physics. Compiled from graduate students' classroom notes and preserved with extensive contemporary annotations, they provide unusually early evidence of his developing work in quantum electrodynamics, his turn toward particle physics, and the emergence of Feynman diagrams.The set comes from the library of Charles Hewitt Dix (1905-1984), Caltech professor of geophysics from 1948 to 1973, who evidently attended the courses. Housed in two contemporary spring binders, the lectures are accompanied by Dix's meticulous handwritten notes and problem sets, offering a rare view of how Feynman's methods were received by colleagues and advanced students. A leading exploration geophysicist, Dix joined Caltech after senior industry roles, remained on the faculty for 25 years, served as a Fulbright Fellow in Tokyo, lectured internationally for the US State Department, and authored influential works including Seismic Prospecting for Oil (1952); his archive is now in Caltech's special collections.Feynman arrived at Caltech after an unsettled period at Cornell and, invited by Robert Bacher, delivered "Quantum Electrodynamics and Meson Theories" in February-March 1950 before accepting a permanent chair and returning in 1951 with "High Energy Phenomena and

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