Feynman never compromised on following his interests, and his interests, as varied as they were from molecular biology to pa. Celebrating richard feynman at tedxcaltech microsoft. Richard feynman creates a simple method for telling. Richard phillips feynman was an american physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the super fluidity of. Feynman is one of the most venerated american physicists of the late 20th century. As an undergrad caltech physics topic, you should read his red books. Business inquiry the official site of richard feynman. Web of stories life stories of remarkable people 5,460 views.
Richard feynman, our favorite bongoplaying, nobel prizewinning physicist, reduces science to the barest essentials, to its most fundamental truth. Richard feynman presents quantum electrodynamics for the nonscientist. Feynman was a fabulously famous in certain circles. Caltech makes richard feynmans physics lectures available. Clarke god, the universe and everything else 1988 duration. His third wife, gweneth howarth, was a native of west yorkshire, so every year the feynman family would visit her. Without a doubt, he was the same caliber of man, as well as scientist, as carl sagan and many of the other greats that we. Richard feynmans last interview posted by jason kottke oct 24, 2012 aired as the quest for tannu tuva in the uk and the last journey of a genius in the us, this hourlong program is the last extended interview that physicist richard feynman gave. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.
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I love the fact that he outs algorithms as stuff that can be used to help kids get the answer without knowing what. The pleasure of finding things out, richard feynman. Feynman delivered these seven onehour lectures at cornell in 1964, and the bbc taped them. Microsoft, which owns the rights to the films, has now mounted the videos on a website that is open to the world. You can find audio of feynman lecturing as part of the video files which microsoft provides as part of project tuva as long as you can run.
In 1979, the charismatic physicist richard feynman journeyed to the university of auckland new zealand and delivered a series of four lectures on quantum electrodynamics qed, the theory for which he won his nobel prize. Art expresses a dramatic feeling of awe josh jones is a writer and musician based in durham, nc. Charles weiner will occasionally interrupt with questions. Richard feynman session i american institute of physics. This is a taperecorded interview with professor richard feynman, in his home in altadena, california, on march 4, 1966. We actively seek out commercial opportunities that are consistent with our brand positioning goals. In 1964, physicist richard feynman delivered a series of lectures titled on the nature of physical law. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. Volume i of the feynman lectures on physics now available for free thanks to caltech and the feynman lectures on physics website, volume i of the feynman lectures on physics is now available for free online. The pleasure of finding things out was filmed in 1981 and will delight and inspire anyone who would like to share something of the joys of scientific discovery. See the excellent book by judith and david goodstein, feynmans lost lecture.
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Richard feynman 191888 was one of the most remarkable and gifted theoretical physicists of any generation. Feynman, richard p leighton, robert b sands, matthew 1970. Professor richard feynman of caltech talks about his life and career. This was his view of the work of the field at that time. Richard feynman presents quantum electrodynamics for the. Richard feynman the world from another point of view. Richard feynman computer heuristics lecture youtube. Richard phillips feynman may 11, 1918 february 15, 1988 was an american theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the. Now, you can watch the feynman lectures online for free. Its some heady material, but feynman made a point of making difficult concepts intelligible to a crowd not necessarily trained in scientific thinking. Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesnt matter. If the above video has been disabled, please click here to see it. James gliecks recent masterly biography of richard feynman, revealed the worlds greatest postwar theoretical physicist as a notorious.
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