{"id":4681,"date":"2013-09-27T14:59:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4681"},"modified":"2013-09-27T14:59:07","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T14:59:07","slug":"richard-feynman-on-rubber-bands-mirrors-and-other-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4681","title":{"rendered":"Richard Feynman on rubber bands, mirrors, and other adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This\u00a0 short video (via <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.geekpress.com\/2013\/09\/feynman-explains-rubber-bands.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+geekpress+%28GeekPress%29\" target=\"_d\">GeekPress<\/a>) is a great example of the late <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Feynman\" target=\"_d\">Richard Feynman<\/a>&#8216;s extraordinary eloquence in explaining scientific phenomena. Whether it was a basic or advanced physics topic, he could turn it into a marvelously vivid adventure:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XRxAn2DRzgI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t resist posting another one:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/msN87y-iEx0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And here is the first of a set of videos in which he discusses &#8220;The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/srSbAazoOr8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PLEFFA2ADC6E80EA6D\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More Feynman videos are available at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/archive\/feynman\/\" target=\"_d\">BBC &#8211; Archive &#8211; Richard Feynman: Fun to Imagine &#8211; Using physics to explain how the world works<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=feynman%20lectures&amp;oq=Feynman&amp;gs_l=youtube.1.1.0l10.5357.6530.0.11179.7.4.0.3.3.0.98.311.4.4.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.t6Hby7Y7Af8\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube &#8211; search on &#8220;Feynman Lectures&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He taught an introductory physics course at Caltech in the early 1960s and out of that effort came a famous set of lectures in which he illuminated aspects of fundamental physics far beyond standard introductory textbooks. The lectures are now available on line: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu\/\" target=\"_d\">The Feynman Lectures on Physics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This\u00a0 short video (via GeekPress) is a great example of the late Richard Feynman&#8216;s extraordinary eloquence in explaining scientific phenomena. Whether it was a basic or advanced physics topic, he could turn it into a marvelously vivid adventure: Can&#8217;t resist posting another one: And here is the first of a set of videos in which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4681\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Richard Feynman on rubber bands, mirrors, and other adventures<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1dv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2267,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2267","url_meta":{"origin":4681,"position":0},"title":"The Space Show this week","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The guests on The Space Show this week include: 1. 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