My, how the world has changed since I last posted a note here! Recently I was alerted to a podcast called “The Dead Scientists”. The first 57 episodes feature intriguing summaries of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Subsequent episodes feature… Continue Reading
February 15, 2022 It was thirty-four years ago today that Richard Feynman departed the physical world for the spirit world of our memories. Then, as now, the Winter Olympics were going on. Then, as now, the Lunar New Year (Shagaa… Continue Reading
This Radiolab episode features an excerpt from the very first Feynman Lecture on Physics: a question posed (in my opinion) to motivate the students to become excited about physics. But, as with many things Feynman, the question is much larger… Continue Reading
As the 102nd anniversary of Richard Feynman’s birth occurs this month (May 11, 2020), I have been thinking about what he might have said in relation to the current coronavirus situation. Two statements come to mind. Here’s the first: “For… Continue Reading
On May 11 2019 group of about twenty Tuvans from Kyzyl drove out to Feynman Rock, located near the Valley of the Kings in Tuva. Principal among them were the family of the late O.K. Daryma, Feynman’s correspondent during the… Continue Reading
Exciting celebration commemorates Richard Feynman’s 100th Birthday in Tuva
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The Centenary of Richard Feynman’s birth is exactly one month away! To mark the occasion I recorded a video greeting to the spirit of Richard Feynman as well as a short synopsis of my plans to add a Feynman Diagram to the lithic… Continue Reading