ABSTRACT
Richard P. Feynman liked the vector potential too; for him it was the link between electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. In 1961, Feynman undertook the monumental task of developing a completely new 2-year introductory physics course. The classical interactions Feynman was talking about were between electrons in metals, in which the density of electrons is so high that quantum interaction is by far the dominant effect. Back in 1959, Feynman had given a lecture entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom," in which he discussed how much smaller things can be made than we ordinarily imagine. In 1987, one year later, his cancer came back with a vengeance, and he died in February, 1988. Al Hibbs, a former student, colleague, and friend of Feynman's, organized a wake in grand style. Collective Electrodynamics is a way of looking at the way that electrons interact.
