I had the privilege of being his student and he supervised my doctoral dissertation. His brilliance as a physicist was only matched by his extraordinary gifts as a teacher. He drew the best out of everyone of his students. He. Was funny and witty but kind and gracious. And there was that accent! Didn’t he realize that Nobel-Prize winners weren’t suppose to sound like Brooklyn Dodger fans? He was also an artist. Most of all he was an educator; he made minds grow. I’ll never be able to loose the phrase, “jiggling atoms” from my vocabulary. He died too young and we shall not see his like again.
I also knew him, but from continuing ed classes at Hughes Aircraft. I had quite a few chats with him, almost every week after class. "Jiggling" was definitely his favorite word. I still wonder if that had anything to do with his hanging out in strip clubs. I love listening to his famous Cornell lecture on QM and reflecting on the fact that he sounds just like the Ed Norton character from The Honeymooners. If you ever have a chance to see Alan Alda play him in QED, DO NOT MISS IT. It was just like another visit with him. He once crushed me in a philosophical argument over whether partons had any reality other than being a quantum number if, in principle, one cannot observe an isolated parton. All he said was "Prove to me [by direct observation] that a brick has an inside... Surely you don't mean to suggest that bricks don't "actually" have insides just because you can't see them." Later I read that EXACT SAME argument about something else in "Surely You're Joking". I got punked! Not only was he a great teacher, he was a great and humble learner [the only thing he may have been humble about :)]. He once picked my brains about some basics about feedback control theory, of which he was completely ignorant at the time. He needed to understand it for a project he was working on. A week later, he was an expert on the subject.
I’m currently doing my PhD in physics and several times I’ve let doubt creep into my mind about whether or not to continue. This man’s books, videos, and lectures always remind me why I choose to do this; because science is fun and beautiful and you have to remember that that’s why you do it, not for a paycheck or a piece of paper or a title, but because it’s this fun, wonderful thing to be explored. Wish he was still alive
When I was a kid going to high school (Pasadena High School), I was a member of the Calculus Club. Occasionally we had this quirky professor come over from Caltech and tutor us. (There were only about a dozen of us in the Calc Club.) Professor Richard didn't seem to be very interested in teaching us math or physics. He was more interested in getting us to think, be inquisitive, think outside the box, ask questions, don't follow conventional wisdom. (At the time there were new technologies being developed to look at the world differently. Mankind was beginning to explore space with satellites and probes. New instruments were being developed to examine the world around us - like the electron microscope). Professor Richard had a profound impact on the way I saw the world around me. I didn't know him as Dr. Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize winner; he was just Professor Richard........
You're so lucky to have a first hand dose of his enthusiasm. I thought I read you were a member of the Cactus Club when I first skimmed your comment. ??? LOL
@@GoatTrucking His brilliance is his original thinking and questioning everything. I think the consensus that views gravity as the ruling force in the cosmos will one day be seen as being as delusional as we view flat earthers today. We have lost a 100 years down a rabbit hole of abstract mathematical circular logic bolstered by CGI which helps perpetuate the fantasy of a gravity centered cosmos.
He was my father's favorite teacher... He was lucky enough to have him at Caltech... I still have his physics book from that class with his homework in it. My dad landed at Bell Labs, an electrical engineer. ..as a child I thought he drove a train. Over the years, spurred on by my dad's enthusiasm I've plowed through reading Feynman's books and watching his lectures, somehow makes me feel closer to my dad...I'm pretty sure he inspired my dad to pick up the bongos...and why I have some too. *We were all lucky to live in a time that produced such an amazing mind.. gotta love it...the constant jiggling💕
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Donna, Parts of Richard Feynman's magic & genius were in your Dad's mind and are in you ! Do enjoy his smiling way at explaining physics with fun ! He is brilliant !
Feynman proved, once again, that one of the most powerful cures to boredom and the antidote to depression and the way to find life exciting is to have and retain a child's curiosity about the world around us, a curiosity strong enough so that it morphs into obtaining the answers to questions about the how's and why's of our universe and everything in it.
yes, i agree too. i think it's the most important thing there is. And I know that there is such a big problem with religions in the world and past, but even Jesus says you have to be like a child to receive heaven on earth, you just said it even better tho. thanks for sharing that
@@xmseocontentnow3242 Thanks for the compliment. The paraphrasing of Jesus, though, was in a different context. He meant that, to have faith, one must relieve oneself of an adult's critical thinking skills and, instead, be innocent like a child. This means accepting Jesus by faith alone. This is exactly the opposite of what I was stating.
Thats your interpretation of what he said and to me it sounds the same as yours. a child's curiosity about the world can only be born from innocence. Critical thinking is what led me to know God is real, so there again I state a difference of opinion, and in the way and context of his parables in the setting of this one in paticular I would have to say that your interpretation can not be valid. He would not tell his disciples to stop their critical thinking while giving them riddles all the time. Plus it wasnt speaking about faith, he was talking about the Kingdom of heaven, which he always said would be built here. As a matter of fact he said dont pray for god knows whats in our hearts, just go shut ourselves in our closets and say the lords prayer, "thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. The Goal was always to show God that he can come down here, but he is also all around us already, and that if we were nice to each other like children and love each other it would be his kingdom and just realizing how peaceful and serene that could be would be paradise if everyone would be that way. @@lazurm
@@xmseocontentnow3242 I was a little confused by your last post here as you seemed to be contradicting yourself at times. But, in the interest of learning and understanding, I'll continue. You stated, "a child's curiosity about the world can only be born from innocence", but I believe that curiosity is a trait we are born with as a survival tool because, without it, we aren't motivated to learn and, thereby, survive. In other words, curiosity is inherent in our structure and, sometimes, it's driven away by people who prefer an authoritarian (and unquestioning) system. You stated, "Critical thinking is what led me to know God is real...." but Jesus didn't encourage critical thinking and, instead, preached that God is known by faith alone. Faith is believing in something without (scientific, that is, measurable, repeatable, predictable, etc.) evidence. In other words, there is no SCIENTIFIC evidence that God exists and, in fact, the very definition of God is so variable over time, culture and philosophical beliefs that the concept is too blurry to be measured. So, you couldn't have possibly used true critical thinking to come to your current belief in God. The riddles involve logic which, though part of critical thinking, doesn't encompass all of the components of critical thinking. From an online definition of "critical thinking": "Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally, understanding the logical connection between ideas. It is about being able to evaluate information and form judgments in a fair and unbiased way. Critical thinkers are able to identify and challenge assumptions, identify and avoid common fallacies in reasoning, and make informed decisions based on evidence." I could go on here but I think that I've already said enough to deal with at this time.
I have met couple of brilliant minds in my life. They all had something common in them that I never could express. The very same thing radiates from Feynman.
I... I have to do this... : 00:50 Jiggling Atoms 07:18 Fire 12:08 Rubber Bands 14:53 Magnets 22:29 Electricity 32:05 Mirror and Train puzzles 37:46 Seeing Things 43:43 Big Numbers 55:01 Ways of Thinking
@Dm3qXY fraternity riddles between members to impress others; Optical vs audible representation of numbers Opening safes Practical jokes Playing banjo to bring kids to the table
While working on the Manhattan project, as a practical joke, Richo would trick his coworkers into thinking that an enemy spy had made off with research / classified information. So yes he was definitely a child at heart
@@Yeanah_Nahyea lol the story goes deeper than that! Breaking into safes by guessing combinations, breaking into safes via mathematical schemes & pin sounds, writing notes to fuck with the safe owners, Teller (Or Wheeler?) guessing that Feynman had broken into their desk without even looking... the list goes on. Or how about the fact that one of the more influential scientists (Karl Franz? Fusch? I can't remember at the moment lol) WAS ACTUALLY A SPY. wild times in los alamos, no doubt; Feynman knew how to have fun
I love how he flips from genius to happy kid when finishes explaining something. Like "Isn't it a delight to learn and think about this stuff?" Yes. Yes it is.
The greatest thing about the view is just how excited he seems while explaining it you can tell it truly makes him happy to explain and share the knowledge he has learned himself
I feel very grateful that Mr Feynman lived at the times when humanity was able to record him giving lectures and interviews. His death was a huge loss, but his life was a great gift.
It's like his excitement and joy over it all occasionally bubbles over and he can't contain it any longer. Such a uniquely infectious communicator. I can listen to him talk about literally anything.
Sometimes he almost appears to get mad as if he can't understand why nobody else finds it as exciting as he does. And then he calms himself and goes back on with the explanation
I rarely ever comment about anything especially for a video of a guy who can't read my comment but he was just a sweet heart with such an energic mind. Love him!
The magnet question is my favourite Feynman clip; the interviewer seemingly exasperated at first that no simple answer is forthcoming, being gently let down with a beautiful, elegant explanation of complexity.
Feynman was possibly the greatest example of a math genius who could also explain himself reasonably well to non-mathematicians. The fact that he took 1st place in the Putnam Competition and could still tie his own shoes speaks to his verbal and non-linear problem solving skills, which are often atrophied or unnecessary in math geniuses.
yes but he was also extremely arrogant, the way normal people cannot be. Leonard Susskind in his TED talk on Feynman recounts how he was even more arrogant than him! And admits he is extremely arrogant himself.
@@firstal3799 I'd imagine when dealing with a genius of Feynman's level, you probably just try to stay out of the way of his brain as it moves around the planet. They tend to be very quirky. Einstein refused to wear socks, slept 11 hours a day and smoked cigarette butts he found on the street. "Whatever you say, sir!"
@@firstal3799 Perhaps. But it is pretty well known that when people get into the I.Q. range he had to have been in, you start getting... 'quirks of personality'. to say the least.
I know he’s a genius but when he talks the adjective that always come to mind is adorable. I can’t help but smile when he gets all happy about what he’s describing. So adorable.
Even though I have studied chemistry, I still find it marvelous to listen to him explain how fire works. His analogies are both simple and perfectly on point.
Seeing someone having so much fun while doing something is certainly contagious. Great scientist like him always have genuinely childish curiosity which makes listening and watching them share their knowlegde so interesting for us.
OMG! 4 years of science in 10 minutes...I would have been blessed to have had a teacher like him. Painless learning is SO much fun. I'm 70 & enjoy the hell out of this.
when I was a kid I really wasn’t good at anything in school, an under-achiever really. Even though I enjoyed the mystery and curiosity of science, I was never enthusiastic about it nor was I around anyone who showed any enthusiasm. I’m 31 now and I absolutely LOVE reading and listening to this, especially when it’s from someone like this. This is more interesting to me than most top-rated binge-worthy Netflix shows. I work in sound/music and so his first comments were quite fitting and made me laugh. Kinda wish I had this level of interest for science and physics back when I was a kid in school.
Amen. Same here Do you have children of your own? Or siblings with children? This could be your chance to help them develop the love of science. That's what I am planning for.
The human race should treasure people like this, not just because of his knowledge of physics and the universe but because he demonstrated the ability to explain complex things in terms which make it easy for the average person to understand and with such enthusiasm for the subject that you can't help but get swept along for the ride.
Don't know if we'll ever see someone like him again. Geniuses come and go, but I can't think of anyone else with this level of knowledge who also has such charisma, and the ability to communicate scientific ideas in such an enthralling way.
Throughout my entire live I have never seen such honest intent and joy out of someone explaining, especially physics. This is my favorite video of all time, it sparks with joy and always motivates me whilst creating a smile on my face. Whenever I'm down I just watch this, cry a little and then get back to live, knowing there are curious and happy people out there who thrive to become the best of themselves and helping others. He is a true idol. Thank you Richard Feynman for who you were, may you rest in peace and be gratefully for your contribution to humanity.
This guy here. He was such an inspiration to me, and continues to be so. I'm on my way, learning mathematics now and taking physics classes in the near future, and listening to him talk about whatever pops into his head reminds me all over again why I love this stuff so much. I wish I could tell him how much it means and how grateful I am that these recording were made.
I'm 52 years old, with a mild science background, but have just been completely captivated by this thoroughly entertaining and enlightening video - Richard Feynman is a miracle of human history.
@@grengren2 A lab rat with a Law Degree, no less. I never said it was 'new' - simply that I really enjoyed the video. Please take your time processing and comprehending this reply.
I watched this video twice in a day and i might even watch it again to absorb it all. Thanks to whomever had the idea to interview Richard and put it on film for us schlepps in the future. Brilliance always shines.
I could listen to Feynman talk for hundreds of hours on end. He is like a little kid discovering things for the first time. His excitement with understanding even the simplest concepts is infectious. I strived to be the kind of teacher who explained Physics using the simplest concepts with understandable vocabulary and stories. M teaching of hot, cold, and thermal energy is actually not that much different from his. I never used jiggling, but used shaking and vibrating instead.
@@artham6565 Nobel Prizes or Honours are NOT necessarily an indication of Good Teaching Skills. Even I am better than Feynman in some ways. I love Teaching and Explaining Things in Simple Ways. But do I have a Nobel Prize ? Nope. Will I ever get one ? Probably not. Why ? Coz I just don't have the Opportunities anymore.
@@artham6565 He is not just a random UA-camr. He is a Physicist. His way of explaining is way better than that of Feynman. I finally understood what Energy means because of one of his videos. He is brilliant. I think people should stop judging on the basis of honours. Feynman himself didn't like honors, by the way. Haha !
He speaks in such simple way so that everyone can understand, And his simple explanation is so deeply connected that the science people can relate.The art of explaining science...
His speech actually helped me to understand things better, I am grateful that I have watched this video. He is extremely enthusiastic about real world and understanding things almost like a kid, yet he is one of the wisest men I have ever listened to. Great man.
Back for my 100th time to listen to this amazing interview. Wish we had more people like Feynman in this world.. not even his brilliant intellect, but his beautiful soul. So open, fun loving and inspiring. Himself and Carl Sagan are two of the greatest to walk this earth in the past 100 years. So glad I found them in my life.
WOW! Trees growing out of Air. And Fire as captured Sunlight. Amazing new perspectives from watching this man joyously speak the language of Scientific Imagination. Thanks for this one!
“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of minimum with other things so that society doesn’t stop you from doing anything at all.” -Richard P. Feynman
Feynman doesn't see humans, chair, coffee cup, or table he sees a bunch of molecules Jiggling. I remember reading "Surely you re joking Mr Feynman" when I was 20-21. People like Feynman live forever in our hearts.
As awesome as it is listening to this GREAT mind speaking, seeing how happy and excited he gets when he talks, spark in his eye - just like a child with a new toy...it is also fun reading all these comments :)
This man was a genius, I wish he was alive today I would've hugged him so tight in my arms, Sir Richard Fayman I love you so much and thank you for everything. Regards from #Afghanistan
I bet Feynman would've never dreamed that almost 2 million people would watch this. The magic of UA-cam allows him to teach millions of people even after death.
True I love him, Kip thorn and Kim Peeks. When I make a reference to Kim Peeks I frefer to resolvoving the space/time coordinates that makes Star Gastes possible. Also faster than E+mc2
I went through high school not understanding Algebra. I have learning disability’s and couldn’t organize my thoughts. When I heard Mr. Feynman talk in such sim😊levways it convinced me their was a way for me to accomplish this. Eventually I gained enough education to become a computer engineer and had a 25 year career working in government and the private sector. He was a gift to the world and inspirational.
@aug.jam My main looking at life is from the pov of psychology which comes from my finally wanting to know the "why" of my issues, now because of health I'm into the treating myself through the cognitive "why" the cells are doing what there doing & here's this person just making me connect & associate or even just replace atoms to cells. Also, my grandson has Long Covid, all about cells. Wish I could have kept my reply as short & concise as yours. Nah not really it's not my way,😉 though I will end with Dr Fenmen's leaving me with the image of fire, so when my son puts wood in his fireplace, I'll be looking at the sun. 💖
@@marysalvi242 that's not a bad way to look at it either Mary! Everybody ofcourse can have their own way of looking at things which I find very interesting indeed! I feel sorry for your son with Long Covid, I've got moderate ME/CFS myself after my colon was taken out and it is like going through hell. I've tried so much things to get my energy back however so far only Ritalin is making a bit of difference for me but I don't want to use that so I found a speech from a doctor called Dr. Teitelbaum but I started his method just 3 days ago and will take at least a month to notice some changes some say... we will see... in the meantime I stay mentally fine focusing on philosophical matters and a bit of science as well 😉
i suck at most 'academic' thought but i've always been interested in scientific, philsophical concepts. funny how every master of their craft can explain their passions in a way that anyone can grasp. Feynman's mind seems truly universal
I fell asleep with a playlist playing that had this video in it. In one of my dreams I found myself thinking, "This guy sounds a lot like Richard Feynman!"
I was the "why" kid. This video taught me 2 things which I should have known already. 1 my father is incredible. Sometimes he would take a week, but he would answer his best. 2. I will never fully be satisfied. Thank you.
There has never been anyone like him since. His enthusiasm is infectious. The only modern UA-camr I've seen with the same amount of enthusiasm and knowledge is the high school math teacher Eddie Woo
Wow....how charismatic and charming he is when explaining. I can see the curiosity of a child in him. Lucky man.....he is doing what he is passionate about.😍
*Here are the clickable video sections:* 0:50 Jiggling Atoms 7:18 Fire 12:08 Rubber Bands 14:53 Magnets 22:29 Electricity 32:05 Mirror and Train puzzles 37:46 Seeing Things 43:43 Big Numbers 55:01 Ways of Thinking
I love Richard Feynman and how he expressed things that made it simple for you to comprehend the nature of things that are not so simple. When it comes to teaching science to people that are truly wanting to know the deeper meaning of things, you cannot put blockades in front of them to impede that desire; otherwise, this is why we end up with people saying, "Science is hard." It isn't. You just haven't been told in a way that you can understand it. When he was talking about electrons and their different "appearances", such as a ball orbiting a collection of other balls and so on, you have to use certain frames of reference for certain contexts otherwise, it becomes impossible to understand. Wonderful man, I just wished I had the chance to meet such a mind of his.
In a way you can meet him through videos like this, as well as his many books, which range from personal letters & light-hearted essays to hardcore physics. Truly one of a kind.
Here I am, listening to Richard Feynman at 3:50am at my own leisure. How else would I be able to do that if not for internet & UA-cam? Even if I knew Mr. Feynman personally, he would have probably chase me away at this hour instead of having this conversation. I mean, internet and UA-cam and other stuff are a given these days but this is just astonishing when you think about it.
I was fortunate to have been in the room when he visited UC Irvine in the late 1970’s. The Student Physics Society had invited him to speak about QED. He said he’d be happy to come but only if we didn’t tell the faculty (we studied under Fred Reines another Noble Laureate) because they’d want to give him some kind of award and a big dinner. It was memorable experience even to this day.
Thank you Mr Feynman for such wonderful ways of explaining things and making it so exciting. As much as it is sad you have passed away, your memory lives on and we are extremely grateful for you sharing your knowledge
that's true. It's about being curious, about wanting to know the unknown. Describing it to others. Science in a nutshell: Observation, question, gathering information/analysis/diagnostics, forming a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, making conclusions, reporting, and evaluating. Science becomes fact when it is repeated in similar forms by different people with similar outcomes. But any douche can be curious… and act on it.
Not everyone. And that is the point and strength of humanity. We are interested in different things and that determines what we spend most of our time with. And the more time you spend with something, the better you will be at it. Diversity is the key.
@@azynkron provided how systematic the approach to study science can be. Trust me buddy, pretty much everyone can. The only difference is some people have better intuition than others which allows them to understand certain concepts faster. So the time to learn varies alot. But whether or not you can learn is the same for 99% of people.
Nothing regular about richard feynman. Believing that is a quite modern idea and from his point of view I believe, a sitting-in-the-Ivory-Tower issue. You can be curious and you should be, it's awesome to learn new stuff! You can listen to podcasts, watch nice representation of hard concepts all day and might even practice some things you see. But you'll never get to the meat of things like a richard feynman does simply because you don't have the brain juice to do it! Not now and not after 100ys of training. People believe from listening to YT videos they could do anything scientific while they struggle with high-school linear algebra and simple calculus. This is not a minor issue, that's the major issue! People are born equal is one of the biggest lie we tell ourselfs. You might become somewhat proficient with good training from an early stage but you'll never be extraordinary like gifted people WITH GOOD TRAINING can become.
@@haraldtopfer5732 you're literally contradicting what he said, and you don't provide any arguments at all, YOU JUST THINK without even trying to provide any evidence whatsoever. Total unscientific approach. If you're so sure about it, then explain why? How does their brain differ from other people's? You just don't know, so don't speak so ignorantly about things you have no clue about. I don't know for sure too, but really, most people never try to study intensely math or chemistry like for a week. They are just lazy and create any kind of exuces not to do so. And it's 99 percent of people. Those 1 percent who study not only a week, but for years, yeah, they became scientists, but anybody could, the question is did they put as much time as others? No, look around, people can't even concentrate for 2 hours on the subject, and you compare them to people who can do it for days or even weeks so they're at default have totally different environment and we can't possibly say whether there is any differences in their learning ability...
and then he would end his video with "please hit the subscribe button below.... but do you know what actually happens when you hit that plastic button with your finger? well ,let me tell you, ... and so on and so forth...."
@@bekiedude I will also explain to you that that "Subscribe" button is not made of plastic nor your finger is actually touching that thing. Ouch i have go back to magnetic and electrical forces, which i cant explain to you in any other way that you are familiar with. 😂😂😂
The pure joy and wonder in his face as he discusses these topics, fills me with joy. Incredible that despite decades of study he never lost that childhood wonder
@@peterschmidts8245 I don't know the correct answer but I can try... When you describe something you POINT OUT it's properties to someone else who has not noticed it......When you explain something you POINT OUT the meaning behind that thing to someone who has not been able to find it( the meaning)...
So in one case you are dealing with physical objective things (like color, smell....) and in the other case you are dealing with a non physical subjective things(An interesting thought: so if my definition is correct that means explanation of something can be different from person to person which Richard described in the counting experiment....hmmmmm)
@@peterschmidts8245 when you describe things you generally point out things as you perceive them without necessarily understanding it. when you explain something you have an understanding about something (be it right or not) that you want to convey to a person. In day to day language describe and explain are used interchangeably sometimes, though.
I had the privilege of being his student and he supervised my doctoral dissertation. His brilliance as a physicist was only matched by his extraordinary gifts as a teacher. He drew the best out of everyone of his students. He. Was funny and witty but kind and gracious. And there was that accent! Didn’t he realize that Nobel-Prize winners weren’t suppose to sound like Brooklyn Dodger fans? He was also an artist. Most of all he was an educator; he made minds grow. I’ll never be able to loose the phrase, “jiggling atoms” from my vocabulary. He died too young and we shall not see his like again.
I'm jealous.
I also knew him, but from continuing ed classes at Hughes Aircraft. I had quite a few chats with him, almost every week after class.
"Jiggling" was definitely his favorite word. I still wonder if that had anything to do with his hanging out in strip clubs.
I love listening to his famous Cornell lecture on QM and reflecting on the fact that he sounds just like the Ed Norton character from The Honeymooners.
If you ever have a chance to see Alan Alda play him in QED, DO NOT MISS IT. It was just like another visit with him.
He once crushed me in a philosophical argument over whether partons had any reality other than being a quantum number if, in principle, one cannot observe an isolated parton. All he said was "Prove to me [by direct observation] that a brick has an inside... Surely you don't mean to suggest that bricks don't "actually" have insides just because you can't see them."
Later I read that EXACT SAME argument about something else in "Surely You're Joking". I got punked!
Not only was he a great teacher, he was a great and humble learner [the only thing he may have been humble about :)]. He once picked my brains about some basics about feedback control theory, of which he was completely ignorant at the time. He needed to understand it for a project he was working on. A week later, he was an expert on the subject.
You’re so lucky
Whoa! That's cooler than having Ned Stark as your dad
@@VajraSutra Oh wow, he taught English too?? I had no idea!
I am so thankful some person thought, "We need to just let this brilliant man talk and record it" whoever you were, thank you.
So fantastic. I love his take on question asking. The why and what that means. My pet peeve when teaching students of all ages.
@@things_leftunsaid, as he stated that would result in a different imagery for multiple recipients of said information.
@@rathartscience Dt
I agree 💫🔥❤️
That person was, in fact, Christopher Sykes, and I'm really pleased his film-making is available here.
I’m currently doing my PhD in physics and several times I’ve let doubt creep into my mind about whether or not to continue. This man’s books, videos, and lectures always remind me why I choose to do this; because science is fun and beautiful and you have to remember that that’s why you do it, not for a paycheck or a piece of paper or a title, but because it’s this fun, wonderful thing to be explored. Wish he was still alive
Edgy .. don't give up. World need more good physicists .Physics is everything and we still needed it forever and ever. Good luck!
I’m 16 and i want to be a theoretical physicist too. I’m doing my GCSE’s now and its quite hard but i hope one day I’ll get a PhD too!!
@@babyyoda9943 tell me how it goes cos I did mine last year
When I was a kid going to high school (Pasadena High School), I was a member of the Calculus Club. Occasionally we had this quirky professor come over from Caltech and tutor us. (There were only about a dozen of us in the Calc Club.) Professor Richard didn't seem to be very interested in teaching us math or physics. He was more interested in getting us to think, be inquisitive, think outside the box, ask questions, don't follow conventional wisdom. (At the time there were new technologies being developed to look at the world differently. Mankind was beginning to explore space with satellites and probes. New instruments were being developed to examine the world around us - like the electron microscope). Professor Richard had a profound impact on the way I saw the world around me.
I didn't know him as Dr. Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize winner; he was just Professor Richard........
So lucky!! If I had teachers like him I wouldn't have quit school.
You're so lucky to have a first hand dose of his enthusiasm. I thought I read you were a member of the Cactus Club when I first skimmed your comment. ??? LOL
That is so cool!
"If you think science is boring, you are learning from a wrong teacher"
- Richard Feynman
Oh how I wish I had a teacher like this when I was in school. I would have fallen in love with physics.
The blue eyed boy from the Manhattan project who pointed out we have no theory of gravity except for the mathematical ones.
@@GoatTrucking His brilliance is his original thinking and questioning everything. I think the consensus that views gravity as the ruling force in the cosmos will one day be seen as being as delusional as we view flat earthers today. We have lost a 100 years down a rabbit hole of abstract mathematical circular logic bolstered by CGI which helps perpetuate the fantasy of a gravity centered cosmos.
Wish I could find this comments more than 1 thumbs up...
Deserves 2 thumbs up
I'm now 60 years old. I first saw this on the BBC 40 years ago. Wonderful!
He was my father's favorite teacher... He was lucky enough to have him at Caltech... I still have his physics book from that class with his homework in it. My dad landed at Bell Labs, an electrical engineer. ..as a child I thought he drove a train. Over the years, spurred on by my dad's enthusiasm I've plowed through reading Feynman's books and watching his lectures, somehow makes me feel closer to my dad...I'm pretty sure he inspired my dad to pick up the bongos...and why I have some too. *We were all lucky to live in a time that produced such an amazing mind.. gotta love it...the constant jiggling💕
Donna, Parts of Richard Feynman's magic & genius were in your Dad's mind and are in you ! Do enjoy his smiling way at explaining physics with fun ! He is brilliant !
Feynman proved, once again, that one of the most powerful cures to boredom and the antidote to depression and the way to find life exciting is to have and retain a child's curiosity about the world around us, a curiosity strong enough so that it morphs into obtaining the answers to questions about the how's and why's of our universe and everything in it.
yes, i agree too. i think it's the most important thing there is. And I know that there is such a big problem with religions in the world and past, but even Jesus says you have to be like a child to receive heaven on earth, you just said it even better tho. thanks for sharing that
@@xmseocontentnow3242 Thanks for the compliment. The paraphrasing of Jesus, though, was in a different context. He meant that, to have faith, one must relieve oneself of an adult's critical thinking skills and, instead, be innocent like a child. This means accepting Jesus by faith alone.
This is exactly the opposite of what I was stating.
Thats your interpretation of what he said and to me it sounds the same as yours. a child's curiosity about the world can only be born from innocence. Critical thinking is what led me to know God is real, so there again I state a difference of opinion, and in the way and context of his parables in the setting of this one in paticular I would have to say that your interpretation can not be valid. He would not tell his disciples to stop their critical thinking while giving them riddles all the time. Plus it wasnt speaking about faith, he was talking about the Kingdom of heaven, which he always said would be built here. As a matter of fact he said dont pray for god knows whats in our hearts, just go shut ourselves in our closets and say the lords prayer, "thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. The Goal was always to show God that he can come down here, but he is also all around us already, and that if we were nice to each other like children and love each other it would be his kingdom and just realizing how peaceful and serene that could be would be paradise if everyone would be that way.
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@@xmseocontentnow3242 I was a little confused by your last post here as you seemed to be contradicting yourself at times. But, in the interest of learning and understanding, I'll continue.
You stated, "a child's curiosity about the world can only be born from innocence", but I believe that curiosity is a trait we are born with as a survival tool because, without it, we aren't motivated to learn and, thereby, survive. In other words, curiosity is inherent in our structure and, sometimes, it's driven away by people who prefer an authoritarian (and unquestioning) system.
You stated, "Critical thinking is what led me to know God is real...." but Jesus didn't encourage critical thinking and, instead, preached that God is known by faith alone. Faith is believing in something without (scientific, that is, measurable, repeatable, predictable, etc.) evidence. In other words, there is no SCIENTIFIC evidence that God exists and, in fact, the very definition of God is so variable over time, culture and philosophical beliefs that the concept is too blurry to be measured. So, you couldn't have possibly used true critical thinking to come to your current belief in God. The riddles involve logic which, though part of critical thinking, doesn't encompass all of the components of critical thinking.
From an online definition of "critical thinking":
"Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally, understanding the logical connection between ideas. It is about being able to evaluate information and form judgments in a fair and unbiased way. Critical thinkers are able to identify and challenge assumptions, identify and avoid common fallacies in reasoning, and make informed decisions based on evidence."
I could go on here but I think that I've already said enough to deal with at this time.
The exuberant joy with which he's telling these stories is lovely.
I have met couple of brilliant minds in my life. They all had something common in them that I never could express. The very same thing radiates from Feynman.
I... I have to do this... :
00:50 Jiggling Atoms
07:18 Fire
12:08 Rubber Bands
14:53 Magnets
22:29 Electricity
32:05 Mirror and Train puzzles
37:46 Seeing Things
43:43 Big Numbers
55:01 Ways of Thinking
Thanks man.
Thanks
Thanks, much easier to navigate :) and rewatch :)
Nice job
@Dm3qXY fraternity riddles between members to impress others;
Optical vs audible representation of numbers
Opening safes
Practical jokes
Playing banjo to bring kids to the table
he done what most adults can only dream about, he never grew up.
lol, you made me think of Peter Pan and the oldschool theme song from Toys R Us, "I don't wanna grow up, I'ma Toys R Us Kid."
While working on the Manhattan project, as a practical joke, Richo would trick his coworkers into thinking that an enemy spy had made off with research / classified information. So yes he was definitely a child at heart
@@Yeanah_Nahyea lol the story goes deeper than that! Breaking into safes by guessing combinations, breaking into safes via mathematical schemes & pin sounds, writing notes to fuck with the safe owners, Teller (Or Wheeler?) guessing that Feynman had broken into their desk without even looking... the list goes on. Or how about the fact that one of the more influential scientists (Karl Franz? Fusch? I can't remember at the moment lol) WAS ACTUALLY A SPY. wild times in los alamos, no doubt; Feynman knew how to have fun
@2 Clicks - He’s a legend and an inspiration 😋
He couldn't even take dying seriously! 😂♥️
I love how he flips from genius to happy kid when finishes explaining something. Like "Isn't it a delight to learn and think about this stuff?" Yes. Yes it is.
It’s really dull
@@ferise1 I might be a nerd, lol.
Feyman was an absolute treasure to all humanity.
His name is Feynman.
The greatest thing about the view is just how excited he seems while explaining it you can tell it truly makes him happy to explain and share the knowledge he has learned himself
He never lost his curious inner kid.. His smile while he explains speaks for itself ❤.. That smile is contagious..
I feel very grateful that Mr Feynman lived at the times when humanity was able to record him giving lectures and interviews. His death was a huge loss, but his life was a great gift.
Ah interesting, never considered that. Just imagine all of the probable great charismatic, verbal communicators of history we will never get to hear.
Whoever cleaned up this audio is a global hero.
Feynman changed my life . Listening to him , allowed me to really know what it means to understand something. Works wonders . He was a true genius.
"Nature's imagination is so much greater than Man's, she's never gonna let us relax"
Brilliant. What a great quote to end on
It's like his excitement and joy over it all occasionally bubbles over and he can't contain it any longer. Such a uniquely infectious communicator. I can listen to him talk about literally anything.
Sometimes he almost appears to get mad as if he can't understand why nobody else finds it as exciting as he does. And then he calms himself and goes back on with the explanation
I rarely ever comment about anything especially for a video of a guy who can't read my comment but he was just a sweet heart with such an energic mind. Love him!
watching Richard Feynman smile must be the most joyfull thing ever!
Valdemar Bønding Hansen Completely agree. He is so adorable. I can’t help but smile with him.
Even scrolling down comments and realizing how many people are moved by him gives me great pleasure
yeah, he is full of positivity, optimism
The magnet question is my favourite Feynman clip; the interviewer seemingly exasperated at first that no simple answer is forthcoming, being gently let down with a beautiful, elegant explanation of complexity.
what a stunning answer! there is some allusion to this in oppenheimer too...
The passion, the smile, the eyes. An absolute scientist.
0:50 Atoms
7:18 Fire
12:08 Rubber
14:53 Magnets
22:29 Electricity
32:05 Mirror and Train Puzzles
37:46 Seeing Things
43:43 BIG Numbers
55:01 Ways of Thinking
Thanks for this.
@@jonathanlynch8372 Welcome 😎👍
Not all heroes wear capes
@@EdgarGuevaraCodina Gracias!
Thank you for posting this and not adding obnoxious space music.
A smart man can make something very simple sound incredibly difficult.
A brilliant man can make something incredibly difficult sound very simple.
It’s his delight and enthusiasm that’s infectious. He must have been a great teacher. In addition to a great scientist.
His face! You can see how much he enjoys not only the science, but sharing the knowledge, sharing the science.
Feynman was possibly the greatest example of a math genius who could also explain himself reasonably well to non-mathematicians. The fact that he took 1st place in the Putnam Competition and could still tie his own shoes speaks to his verbal and non-linear problem solving skills, which are often atrophied or unnecessary in math geniuses.
yes but he was also extremely arrogant, the way normal people cannot be. Leonard Susskind in his TED talk on Feynman recounts how he was even more arrogant than him! And admits he is extremely arrogant himself.
@@firstal3799 I'd imagine when dealing with a genius of Feynman's level, you probably just try to stay out of the way of his brain as it moves around the planet. They tend to be very quirky. Einstein refused to wear socks, slept 11 hours a day and smoked cigarette butts he found on the street. "Whatever you say, sir!"
@@jasoncarswell7458 very true!
@@firstal3799 Perhaps. But it is pretty well known that when people get into the I.Q. range he had to have been in, you start getting... 'quirks of personality'. to say the least.
I know he’s a genius but when he talks the adjective that always come to mind is adorable. I can’t help but smile when he gets all happy about what he’s describing. So adorable.
same impression
salim mdaghri Thanks for agreeing. I think it’s because he crinkles his nose and gets the crows feet lines. I wish I came off as friendly as he does.
His enthusiasm and humor is so lovely - I love his advice to “have fun with it and don’t worry if the teacher will test you on it later.”
This man's enthusiasm is absolutely adorable.
Even though I have studied chemistry, I still find it marvelous to listen to him explain how fire works. His analogies are both simple and perfectly on point.
Table of contents :
0:50 Jiggling Atoms
7:18 Fire
12:08 Rubber Bands
14:53 Magnets
22:29 Electricity
32:05 Mirror and Train puzzles
37:46 Seeing Things
43:43 Big Numbers
55:01 Ways of Thinking
Thanks
Gods work. Thank you
Seeing someone having so much fun while doing something is certainly contagious. Great scientist like him always have genuinely childish curiosity which makes listening and watching them share their knowlegde so interesting for us.
OMG! 4 years of science in 10 minutes...I would have been blessed to have had a teacher like him. Painless learning is SO much fun. I'm 70 & enjoy the hell out of this.
if every student had a teacher like him the world would be a hundred times more advanced. The passion with which he speaks science is so beautiful
The emotion when he is explaing it's fantastic, a genius.
when I was a kid I really wasn’t good at anything in school, an under-achiever really. Even though I enjoyed the mystery and curiosity of science, I was never enthusiastic about it nor was I around anyone who showed any enthusiasm. I’m 31 now and I absolutely LOVE reading and listening to this, especially when it’s from someone like this. This is more interesting to me than most top-rated binge-worthy Netflix shows. I work in sound/music and so his first comments were quite fitting and made me laugh. Kinda wish I had this level of interest for science and physics back when I was a kid in school.
Geoff - It's never too late to start! :)
Amen. Same here Do you have children of your own? Or siblings with children? This could be your chance to help them develop the love of science. That's what I am planning for.
The human race should treasure people like this, not just because of his knowledge of physics and the universe but because he demonstrated the ability to explain complex things in terms which make it easy for the average person to understand and with such enthusiasm for the subject that you can't help but get swept along for the ride.
Enthusiastic
It is such a blessing that we have these videos of such a brilliant man and can still experience his genius now and far into the future.
Don't know if we'll ever see someone like him again. Geniuses come and go, but I can't think of anyone else with this level of knowledge who also has such charisma, and the ability to communicate scientific ideas in such an enthralling way.
Carl Sagan gave it a darn good try. ☺️
Sabine Hossenfelder does though at a higher level. Her humour’s sneakier, too...
Throughout my entire live I have never seen such honest intent and joy out of someone explaining, especially physics. This is my favorite video of all time, it sparks with joy and always motivates me whilst creating a smile on my face. Whenever I'm down I just watch this, cry a little and then get back to live, knowing there are curious and happy people out there who thrive to become the best of themselves and helping others. He is a true idol. Thank you Richard Feynman for who you were, may you rest in peace and be gratefully for your contribution to humanity.
It’s impossible to keep a straight face when you see his enthusiasm. It infects you and you end up with such a dumb smile. Amazing person ❤
This guy here. He was such an inspiration to me, and continues to be so. I'm on my way, learning mathematics now and taking physics classes in the near future, and listening to him talk about whatever pops into his head reminds me all over again why I love this stuff so much. I wish I could tell him how much it means and how grateful I am that these recording were made.
I share your feelings
The joy in his eyes while explaining the way the world works is just amazing
This is the best quality version of this video I've found so far. Thanks!
I'm 52 years old, with a mild science background, but have just been completely captivated by this thoroughly entertaining and enlightening video - Richard Feynman is a miracle of human history.
You must hav the IQ of a lab rat if it's taken you all that time,and you still find this new !
@@grengren2 A lab rat with a Law Degree, no less. I never said it was 'new' - simply that I really enjoyed the video. Please take your time processing and comprehending this reply.
@@itscrowtime classic Feynman here - Los Alamos from below ua-cam.com/video/uY-u1qyRM5w/v-deo.html
I watched this video twice in a day and i might even watch it again to absorb it all. Thanks to whomever had the idea to interview Richard and put it on film for us schlepps in the future. Brilliance always shines.
I could listen to Feynman talk for hundreds of hours on end. He is like a little kid discovering things for the first time. His excitement with understanding even the simplest concepts is infectious. I strived to be the kind of teacher who explained Physics using the simplest concepts with understandable vocabulary and stories. M teaching of hot, cold, and thermal energy is actually not that much different from his. I never used jiggling, but used shaking and vibrating instead.
“It heats up simply because you’re jiggling it”
I want that on a t-shirt.
Get jiggly with it na na na na nanaaaa.....
😁😁
If only marketing was a thing back then like now lol
No one explained science like Richard Feynman. His ability to put complex thoughts into layman's terms is legendary.
Well, you might wanna check out Nick Lucid of The Science Asylum. In some ways, he is better than Feynman.
@@DipayanPyne94
if he is better, where is his Noble Prize?
@@artham6565 Nobel Prizes or Honours are NOT necessarily an indication of Good Teaching Skills. Even I am better than Feynman in some ways. I love Teaching and Explaining Things in Simple Ways. But do I have a Nobel Prize ? Nope. Will I ever get one ? Probably not. Why ? Coz I just don't have the Opportunities anymore.
@@DipayanPyne94 similarly....your comment quoting a random UA-camr is un necessary, Mind it.
@@artham6565 He is not just a random UA-camr. He is a Physicist. His way of explaining is way better than that of Feynman. I finally understood what Energy means because of one of his videos. He is brilliant. I think people should stop judging on the basis of honours. Feynman himself didn't like honors, by the way. Haha !
Knowledge from the mind of a scientist with the delivery of a comedian and the passion of a true educator.
He speaks in such simple way so that everyone can understand, And his simple explanation is so deeply connected that the science people can relate.The art of explaining science...
So infectious, what a brilliant mind. Feel so grateful he’s still with us on UA-cam.
His speech actually helped me to understand things better, I am grateful that I have watched this video. He is extremely enthusiastic about real world and understanding things almost like a kid, yet he is one of the wisest men I have ever listened to. Great man.
What a legend. I had 4 of his lectures on reel to reel when I was growing up in the 70's. I literally played them to death.
He is surely missed.
Back for my 100th time to listen to this amazing interview. Wish we had more people like Feynman in this world.. not even his brilliant intellect, but his beautiful soul. So open, fun loving and inspiring. Himself and Carl Sagan are two of the greatest to walk this earth in the past 100 years. So glad I found them in my life.
feynman might be but you clearly ddint have any idea about the the history of science if you could count sagan as one of the greatest.
WOW! Trees growing out of Air. And Fire as captured Sunlight. Amazing new perspectives from watching this man joyously speak the language of Scientific Imagination. Thanks for this one!
Same two perspectives that amazed me also....what an awesome dude he was !!!
“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of minimum with other things so that society doesn’t stop you from doing anything at all.”
-Richard P. Feynman
Good one...
Great one ✊
@@elyaya5214 we get it
@@elyaya5214 ✊🏿
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this guy talks about science with the passion of an anima fan defending fan service. its absolutely wonderful and I simply cant get enough.
Feynman doesn't see humans, chair, coffee cup, or table he sees a bunch of molecules Jiggling.
I remember reading "Surely you re joking Mr Feynman" when I was 20-21. People like Feynman live forever in our hearts.
As awesome as it is listening to this GREAT mind speaking, seeing how happy and excited he gets when he talks, spark in his eye - just like a child with a new toy...it is also fun reading all these comments :)
His attitude and excitement about physics is infectious!
This man was a genius, I wish he was alive today I would've hugged him so tight in my arms, Sir Richard Fayman I love you so much and thank you for everything. Regards from #Afghanistan
His smile is so natural and beautiful... it makes me smile!
I bet Feynman would've never dreamed that almost 2 million people would watch this. The magic of UA-cam allows him to teach millions of people even after death.
I'm only 12 minutes in and can say this is one of the best videos I've ever seen on UA-cam.
Im on 7and feel the same.wooow how dum i am
I have never felt so much joy while learning about quantum mechanics. Thank you Richard Feynman for giving me that spark of joy.
Look at him while he explaining the facts; he looks so happy.
The way he is giggling while explaining all this is just soo beautiful to watch.
True I love him, Kip thorn and Kim Peeks.
When I make a reference to Kim Peeks I frefer to resolvoving the space/time coordinates that makes Star Gastes possible. Also faster than E+mc2
Cop: "Mr Feynman, why were you speeding?"
Feynman: *deep breath*
The damn joy with which this man talks about this is enough to make anyone enthusiastic
I went through high school not understanding Algebra. I have learning disability’s and couldn’t organize my thoughts. When I heard Mr. Feynman talk in such sim😊levways it convinced me their was a way for me to accomplish this. Eventually I gained enough education to become a computer engineer and had a 25 year career working in government and the private sector. He was a gift to the world and inspirational.
8:41 the joy in his face "is a fire!!!" , made me smile as well...
I'm more of a philosophical person but this man really know how to interest someone to listen to this. Man i wish i had teachers like this!
@aug.jam My main looking at life is from the pov of psychology which comes from my finally wanting to know the "why" of my issues, now because of health I'm into the treating myself through the cognitive "why" the cells are doing what there doing & here's this person just making me connect & associate or even just replace atoms to cells. Also, my grandson has Long Covid, all about cells. Wish I could have kept my reply as short & concise as yours. Nah not really it's not my way,😉 though I will end with Dr Fenmen's leaving me with the image of fire, so when my son puts wood in his fireplace, I'll be looking at the sun. 💖
@@marysalvi242 that's not a bad way to look at it either Mary! Everybody ofcourse can have their own way of looking at things which I find very interesting indeed! I feel sorry for your son with Long Covid, I've got moderate ME/CFS myself after my colon was taken out and it is like going through hell. I've tried so much things to get my energy back however so far only Ritalin is making a bit of difference for me but I don't want to use that so I found a speech from a doctor called Dr. Teitelbaum but I started his method just 3 days ago and will take at least a month to notice some changes some say... we will see... in the meantime I stay mentally fine focusing on philosophical matters and a bit of science as well 😉
i suck at most 'academic' thought but i've always been interested in scientific, philsophical concepts. funny how every master of their craft can explain their passions in a way that anyone can grasp. Feynman's mind seems truly universal
I come back here every now and then.
"The world is a dynamic mess of jiggling things if you look at it right." How lucky we were to have Richard Feynman.
I like how enthusiastic and excited he gets he's truly passionate about explaining things
I love listening to this man talk.
I cant stop listing to this guy :)
I fell asleep with a playlist playing that had this video in it. In one of my dreams I found myself thinking, "This guy sounds a lot like Richard Feynman!"
He is so excited to simply be alive and sharing knowledge.
I was the "why" kid.
This video taught me 2 things which I should have known already.
1 my father is incredible. Sometimes he would take a week, but he would answer his best.
2. I will never fully be satisfied.
Thank you.
There has never been anyone like him since. His enthusiasm is infectious. The only modern UA-camr I've seen with the same amount of enthusiasm and knowledge is the high school math teacher Eddie Woo
Wow....how charismatic and charming he is when explaining. I can see the curiosity of a child in him. Lucky man.....he is doing what he is passionate about.😍
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0:50 Jiggling Atoms
7:18 Fire
12:08 Rubber Bands
14:53 Magnets
22:29 Electricity
32:05 Mirror and Train puzzles
37:46 Seeing Things
43:43 Big Numbers
55:01 Ways of Thinking
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Thank you
Thank you.
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I love Richard Feynman and how he expressed things that made it simple for you to comprehend the nature of things that are not so simple. When it comes to teaching science to people that are truly wanting to know the deeper meaning of things, you cannot put blockades in front of them to impede that desire; otherwise, this is why we end up with people saying, "Science is hard." It isn't. You just haven't been told in a way that you can understand it.
When he was talking about electrons and their different "appearances", such as a ball orbiting a collection of other balls and so on, you have to use certain frames of reference for certain contexts otherwise, it becomes impossible to understand.
Wonderful man, I just wished I had the chance to meet such a mind of his.
In a way you can meet him through videos like this, as well as his many books, which range from personal letters & light-hearted essays to hardcore physics. Truly one of a kind.
There has never been a more satisfying answer on how magnets work.
I wish I had a teacher like him.
I also
You do, thankfully, by watching this. Teaching and learning are like jiggling. Every encounter spreads experience and knowledge.
*jiggles my bf butt*
BF: What are you doing?
Me: .....Learning!
And you will see half of the class failed.
We all do
Here I am, listening to Richard Feynman at 3:50am at my own leisure. How else would I be able to do that if not for internet & UA-cam? Even if I knew Mr. Feynman personally, he would have probably chase me away at this hour instead of having this conversation. I mean, internet and UA-cam and other stuff are a given these days but this is just astonishing when you think about it.
You so quickly forget that this is essentially a lecture, but the way he speaks is just so damn engaging.
Richard Feynman one of my loves, his jolly charismatic way of explaining is entertaining. Quite a character.
He had planty of woman like you for one night
@@SciMoTeAr oh I know! ;)
I could listen to him all day. What an absolute treat.
I was fortunate to have been in the room when he visited UC Irvine in the late 1970’s. The Student Physics Society had invited him to speak about QED. He said he’d be happy to come but only if we didn’t tell the faculty (we studied under Fred Reines another Noble Laureate) because they’d want to give him some kind of award and a big dinner. It was memorable experience even to this day.
Thank you Mr Feynman for such wonderful ways of explaining things and making it so exciting. As much as it is sad you have passed away, your memory lives on and we are extremely grateful for you sharing your knowledge
I like how he emphasized on being a regular person who studied hard to understand science and anyone if interested can become a scientist.
that's true. It's about being curious, about wanting to know the unknown. Describing it to others. Science in a nutshell: Observation, question, gathering information/analysis/diagnostics, forming a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, making conclusions, reporting, and evaluating. Science becomes fact when it is repeated in similar forms by different people with similar outcomes. But any douche can be curious… and act on it.
Not everyone. And that is the point and strength of humanity. We are interested in different things and that determines what we spend most of our time with. And the more time you spend with something, the better you will be at it. Diversity is the key.
@@azynkron provided how systematic the approach to study science can be. Trust me buddy, pretty much everyone can. The only difference is some people have better intuition than others which allows them to understand certain concepts faster. So the time to learn varies alot. But whether or not you can learn is the same for 99% of people.
Nothing regular about richard feynman. Believing that is a quite modern idea and from his point of view I believe, a sitting-in-the-Ivory-Tower issue. You can be curious and you should be, it's awesome to learn new stuff! You can listen to podcasts, watch nice representation of hard concepts all day and might even practice some things you see. But you'll never get to the meat of things like a richard feynman does simply because you don't have the brain juice to do it! Not now and not after 100ys of training. People believe from listening to YT videos they could do anything scientific while they struggle with high-school linear algebra and simple calculus. This is not a minor issue, that's the major issue! People are born equal is one of the biggest lie we tell ourselfs. You might become somewhat proficient with good training from an early stage but you'll never be extraordinary like gifted people WITH GOOD TRAINING can become.
@@haraldtopfer5732 you're literally contradicting what he said, and you don't provide any arguments at all, YOU JUST THINK without even trying to provide any evidence whatsoever. Total unscientific approach. If you're so sure about it, then explain why? How does their brain differ from other people's? You just don't know, so don't speak so ignorantly about things you have no clue about. I don't know for sure too, but really, most people never try to study intensely math or chemistry like for a week. They are just lazy and create any kind of exuces not to do so. And it's 99 percent of people. Those 1 percent who study not only a week, but for years, yeah, they became scientists, but anybody could, the question is did they put as much time as others? No, look around, people can't even concentrate for 2 hours on the subject, and you compare them to people who can do it for days or even weeks so they're at default have totally different environment and we can't possibly say whether there is any differences in their learning ability...
Imagine if Richard feynman had a youtube channel. Would be awesome
If he wasn't dead...
and then he would end his video with "please hit the subscribe button below.... but do you know what actually happens when you hit that plastic button with your finger? well ,let me tell you, ... and so on and so forth...."
@@bekiedude I will also explain to you that that "Subscribe" button is not made of plastic nor your finger is actually touching that thing. Ouch i have go back to magnetic and electrical forces, which i cant explain to you in any other way that you are familiar with. 😂😂😂
@@bekiedude That is Vsauce
Sabine Hossenfelder
The pure joy and wonder in his face as he discusses these topics, fills me with joy. Incredible that despite decades of study he never lost that childhood wonder
11:51 What an amazing guy! He speaks with such enthusiasm like a kid who's discovered something new and what's to share it with all his friends!
If this was 10 hours long I could honestly sit through every second with no drop in attention!
What’s the difference between describing and explaining.
@@peterschmidts8245 I don't know the correct answer but I can try...
When you describe something you POINT OUT it's properties to someone else who has not noticed it......When you explain something you POINT OUT the meaning behind that thing to someone who has not been able to find it( the meaning)...
So in one case you are dealing with physical objective things (like color, smell....) and in the other case you are dealing with a non physical subjective things(An interesting thought: so if my definition is correct that means explanation of something can be different from person to person which Richard described in the counting experiment....hmmmmm)
@@peterschmidts8245 btw it is an very interesting question
@@peterschmidts8245
when you describe things you generally point out things as you perceive them without necessarily understanding it.
when you explain something you have an understanding about something (be it right or not) that you want to convey to a person.
In day to day language describe and explain are used interchangeably sometimes, though.
I think this is now my favorite video of all time