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In 1964, Richard Feynman gave a series of seven, hour-long lectures at Cornell University that have gone down in history as a wonderfully accessible introduction to physics. Now, you can read them ...

A set of seven talks by legendary, Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman is now available online, free of charge--and through a much more versatile application than YouTube. Microsoft Research has ...

Bill Gates recently bought the rights to a series of lectures by legendary Caltech physicist Richard Feynman. The former Microsoft head's purchase shows that the cultural and scientific legacy of ...

True to form as the original “curious character,” legendary physicist Richard Feynman often broke out of his favored field of expertise to give his own special slant on other areas. One important case ...

Over the past three decades, I have asked hundreds of people to name the five or ten books that have meant the most to them. Although Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice tops the list, The Feynman ...

Richard Feynman was a curious character. He advertised as much in the subtitle of his autobiography, Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character. Everybody knew that, in many ...

Robert P Crease reports from the APS April meeting, where Virginia Trimble revealed her favourite Richard Feynman stories Legendary man: Stories of Richard Feynman abound, including many retold by ...