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THE PLEASURE OF FINDING THINGS OUT (part 1 of 5)
Why do we do science? Beyond altruistic and self-aggrandizing motivations, many of our best scientists work long hours seeking the electric thrill that comes only from learning something that nobody knew before. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, a collection of previously unpublished or difficult-to-find short works by maverick physicist Richard Feynman, takes its title from his own answer. From TV interview transcripts to his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize, we see his quick, sharp wit, his devotion to his work, and his unwillingness to bow to social pressure or convention. It's no wonder he was only grudgingly admired by the establishment during his lifetime--read his "Minority Report to the Space Shuttle Challenger Inquiry" to see him blowing off political considerations as impediments to finding the truth.
Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988), scientist, teacher, raconteur, and musician. He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb, expanded the understanding of quantum electrodynamics, translated Mayan hieroglyphics, and cut to the heart of the Challenger disaster. But beyond all of that, Richard Feynman was a unique and multi-faceted individual.
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. Feynman is a master storyteller, and his tales -- about childhood, Los Alamos and the Bomb, or how he won a Nobel Prize -- are a vivid and entertaining insight into the mind of a great scientist at work and play. visit: http://www.soulcravings.net for more vids
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Length: 595
Rating: 5.00 (318 ratings)
Tags: richard feynman interview documentary quantum mind discovery einstein icke tesla theory universe god pleasure secret csi
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Feynman :: Inconceivable nature of nature
Richard Feynman on the electromagnetic spectrum.
"But you gotta stop and think about it ... to really get the pleasure about the complexity; the inconceivable nature of nature"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation
a second or third gen PAL VHS dub of a vintage original off-air NTSC VHS tape, then captured and compressed and found on a torrent site. squashed, re-compressed and converted for YouTube. all sorts of obvious video and audio problems, but at least it's here, a special treat from the past. anyone with better source, please drop a comment.
in the meantime, point your 1/8" black-holes at this nice piece of tape of The Chief.
Length: 344
Rating: 4.90 (348 ratings)
Tags: Feynman electromagnetic waves
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Richard Feynman - Ode on a Flower
More clips from the Interview @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/broadband/archive/feynman/idp.swf
Richard Feynman on the appreciation of nature. Video is from 1981 BBC Interview. The interview is also the subject of Feynman's book The Pleasure of Finding Things Out.
I have a friend who's an artist and he's some times taken a view which I don't agree with very well. He'll hold up a flower and say, "look how beautiful it is," and I'll agree, I think. And he says, "you see, I as an artist can see how beautiful this is, but you as a scientist, oh, take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing." And I think he's kind of nutty.
First of all, the beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me, too, I believe, although I might not be quite as refined aesthetically as he is. But I can appreciate the beauty of a flower.
At the same time, I see much more about the flower that he sees. I could imagine the cells in there, the complicated actions inside which also have a beauty. I mean, it's not just beauty at this dimension of one centimeter: there is also beauty at a smaller dimension, the inner structure...also the processes.
The fact that the colors in the flower are evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting -- it means that insects can see the color.
It adds a question -- does this aesthetic sense also exist in the lower forms that are...why is it aesthetic, all kinds of interesting questions which a science knowledge only adds to the excitement and mystery and the awe of a flower.
It only adds. I don't understand how it subtracts.
Length: 86
Rating: 5.00 (146 ratings)
Tags: Richard Feynman physicists science art beauty flower
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BBC interview with Feynman (uncertainty)
I might think about it a little bit and if I can't figure
it out, then I go on to something else, but I don't
have to know an answer, I don't feel frightened by
not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious
Universe without having any purpose, which is the
way it really is so far as I can tell. It doesn't frighten
me.
Length: 53
Rating: 4.90 (103 ratings)
Tags: feynman mysterious universe interview bbc uncertainty
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Feynman :: Rules of Chess
Richard Feynman on the rational scientific method; increments and revolutions and castling.
Length: 168
Rating: 4.90 (125 ratings)
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Feynman Diagrams with Adobe Illustrator
A tutorial on creating Feynman Diagrams in Adobe Illustrator. You'll learn to create brush strokes so that you can draw these diagrams quickly and easily. You can download my Feynman Diagram palette from
http://www.hep.wisc.edu/~mbanderson/public/FeynmanDiagramPalette.ai
Length: 552
Rating: 4.70 (20 ratings)
Tags: Physics Feynman Diagram Adobe Illustrator CS2
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