Richard Feynman

For years, I had a favorite memory of a little TV chat with Richard Feynman on PBS TV, that I really wanted to recall, and had hoped that it would have been in one of the books I read about him, but I never had found it. Of course when I got down to it, it took 10 minutes of Googling to find it.

As I remembered it rightly, Feynman amusingly described how we accept without amazement our ability to see, interpreting light waves going into our eyes, but would almost think it impossible if we knew how complex it really is.

Please, Please watch the video at the bottom of this link. It is magical, I think, especially how this guy whose mind day dreamed in advance mathematics and quantum theory, and beyond, could be so delighted and amazed, and be able to chat about these things. He explains on a simple level, things that are so complex. Imagine how it would have been to have him as a teacher!

the link: http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/~masmith/mainsite/Feynman.html
the video: http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/~masmith/media/feynman_long.mov