Surely You`re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
by Richard P. Feynman
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Bill Gates shares vintage photos and film footage of Feynman
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In a tribute to Richard Feynman’s powers as a teacher, even and especially of students who did not specialize in science, Bill Gates shows vintage film footage of Feynman explaining what causes fire, for example. Gates says that Feynman’s strengths as a teacher were both the joy with which he communicated and the rigorous process he put himself through in order to have a deep understanding of the material.
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Book summary and review plus vintage photos and film footage
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The creator of this video speaks enthusiastically about the book, which is a collection of stories culled from taped conversations between Feynman and Ralph Leighton, Feynman’s drumming partner. The narrator emphasizes the light-hearted, fun aspects of Feynman as well as his insatiable curiosity. We also get some tidbits from Feynman’s Depression-era childhood, when he repaired radios and set up a lab in the basement of his parents’ home.
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The four main ideas of the book presented in animated format
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The Bringing Up Genius channel (aimed at helping parents raise genius children) distills the four main ideas of the book. First, have a passion for learning new things, rather than focusing intensively on one thing. Second, be aware of the failures of the educational system, which places too much emphasis on memorization. Third, always question everything. And fourth, simplify! This last concept refers to understanding something so deeply that you can explain it simply, as if to a five-year-old.
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Richard P. Feynman was a renowned American theoretical physicist, known for his work in quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and particle physics. Feynman made significant contributions to the development of the atomic bomb during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project and later won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.
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The Guardian: Surely you're joking, Mr Feynman by Richard Feynman - review
The New York Times: PRANKS OF A NOBEL LAUREATE
The Washington Post: Physicist Richard Feynman is hero of new graphic novel
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