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Richard Feynman video interview

Yllanes

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This has probably come up before, but it's a jewel:

Richard Feynman interview (~50 min long)

He talks about lots of things and even has time to mention pseudoscience, superstition and how easy it is to fool yourself.
 
cbish said:
Richard who?!?
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You remind me of reading of the time Richard Feynman was invited to a conference and replied: What the hell is Feynman invited for? He is not up to the other guys and is doing nothing as far as I know. If you clean up the invitation list, to just the hard-core workers, I might begin to think about attending.

Like Groucho Marx who wouldn't join any club which would have him as a member, he attended the conference only once he was no longer invited. :D
 
A few years ago PBS did a show on Feynman "The Best Mind Since Einstein". Absoultely super. I have a poor off air copy on VHS and probably should look about for this on DVD. Highly recommended.
 
Wow, didn't know about this. Thanks, I'll have a look this evening. Feynmann's one of my heroes.
 
Anyone know if this is availble through anything other than google video? It isn't available here in china. :(
And I really want to see this!
 
I knew a bit about him, but this thread prompted me to read the Wikipedia entry on him, which caused me to order The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Edition. So thanks a lot, Yllanes, that's $123 that I really didn't need to spend this month.
 
AK-Dave said:
I knew a bit about him, but this thread prompted me to read the Wikipedia entry on him, which caused me to order The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Edition. So thanks a lot, Yllanes, that's $123 that I really didn't need to spend this month.
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You are not going to regret that purchase. Reading those books in high school was what made me study physics (instead of classical philology). They are the best reference for introductory college physics courses and a delight to read. I do not know one single person that dislikes them.
 
Yllanes said:
You are not going to regret that purchase. Reading those books in high school was what made me study physics (instead of classical philology). They are the best reference for introductory college physics courses and a delight to read. I do not know one single person that dislikes them.
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All reviews seemed to indicate this. (From his Wikipedia entry: The Feynman Lectures on Physics required two physicists, Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands as full-time editors for several years. Even though they were not adopted by the universities as textbooks, the books continue to be bestsellers because they provide a deep understanding of physics. As of 2005, The Feynman Lectures on Physics have sold over 1.5 million copies in English, an estimated 1 million copies in Russian, and an estimated half million copies in other languages.)

The downside is after I start reading them, I'll probably start kicking myself again for not continuing my education. I do that every time I open a biology text or read posts on scienceblogs.com.
 
And the Feynman lectures are another thing I saw on bittorrent.

I have the books already, though.
 
I believe I read all of his books since I really admire him. The lastest book of his letters that his daughter published is also great...but I am a total fan...so I am quite biased. It has some great stuff including an anecdote about a meeting with a public school math teacher that is just incredible.

Randi, I think, indicated in the past that with increasing letters behind someone's name comes the inability to say, "I don't know." (correct me if I am wrong on that point) But Feynman's first words were often: "I don't know." I am sure he could always figure out whatever was needed. One person I would have loved to have met.

glenn:)
 
That was a fantastic video. I'd read Surely You're Joking and I believe the follow up to that years ago, but never seen a video or recording before, so it was really neat to see what he looked like and how he sounded. The books were a big motivation during university, and continue to inspire me whenever I pick them up.

Now I'm off to the wikipedia articles AK-Dave posted, and from what I hear, a $123 purchase. ;)

oh, and I was watching the video at work when my boss walked in on me, turns out he's a big Feynman fan, so we chatted about him for a bit and all was cool. :D
 
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