Horizon: Richard Feynman - No Ordinary Genius (full version)

[BUO0]

came from reditt after reading that sad story :(

[HoodyAU]

Guy's a legend ... great DOCUMENTARY

[mamu7mich]

young feynman looks kinda like tom hanks

[trefod]

My favorite human.

[seansalvador1]

Why does spaghetti break into three pieces? It's always bemused me, that...

[ThisisAliFareedshow]

Like if Sheldon Cooper brought you here

[tamerseeker]

@ThisisAliFareedshow Every scientist in the world knows who Richard Feynman is.

[terriblefez]

I hope I have the energy in me to say "don't worry about anything, go out and have a good time" to my friends when I check out.

[TheSoulDoubt]

0:16:53 best introduction shot for a person in a biographic/scientific documentary ever! Remembering Richard fondly as he sketches a nude 6' cowgirl with a whip (not crop) and ass-less chaps!!

[dawtchins]

I love this man, and those who knew him were so lucky. I'd give anything to have him as a friend. His father , though i know little about him, i have the upmost respect for his father. Sounds like one hell of a dad.

[Sl3go]

55:25 "BUT, Feynman decided to think about it."

[YouBrain79]

Most touching passage at 1:31:37 ...

Richard Feynman: "I don't feel frightened by not knowing things"

...here's where creativity is hidden!!

[olekiar]

Oh why, oh why does this video only have 110929 views...

[H1TMANactual]

@olekiar Because you touch yourself at night.

[hyperbolaisagraph]

21:29

[OHHHmar1]

when I grow up, I want to be like Feynman's dad

[olekiar]

@OHHHmar1

Yes! Me too

[lukejtmulder]

@OHHHmar1 Yes! Not everyone in the world can be a Richard Feyman but we can all be like his father and give the world the best chance of having another great mind that shapes the world.

[seansalvador1]

@OHHHmar1

A very noble aspiration. I was thinking the exact same thing, i try to arouse my daughters interests in such things but she's a bit hyper. I think biology will be her interest so i like to explain things to do with biology to her.

[busplunger]

@OHHHmar1 Feynman got laid way more than his dad

[Timintown]

Its amazing how similarly Richard and his sister talk. I can see the influence their father had on the way they view the world. That said they are both obviously geniuses.

[PhilipRBow]

Thanks



[Nebster173]

As beautiful of a mind Feynman has, it depresses me that I(and most people) would never live up to be half of what Fenyman was. I can't remember the last time I've cried, but this video moved me more than anything I can remember in recent memory. No words can describe the respect I have for this great man.

Wow.

[underage4page]

47:52, coolest painting ever!



[nuwenese]

I wish there more men like him today, to look up to. I feel television filled with garbage these days. Discovery channel is full of red neck shows.

[Riggro]

I like his straight to the point in your face blunt style.

[peny121]

Beautiful physics.!!

[randytaz]

fantastic!!!

[powaychess]

The poem is one of a theme in the tv-series Breaking Bad. Check it out. Great poem.

[saganemc2]

Tears

[btr73186]

"The Learn'd Astronomer" is a poem by Walt Whitman in the collection "Leaves of Grass" not Henry Longfellow, as Joan Feynman states

[Univarman]

...and it's athletes and celebrities who receive our highest exaltation...

[madhava64]

Feynman diagrams will withstand the test of time longer then gaga don't worry.

[rictusgate]

It's fascinating the correlation between the thoughts that Feynman had regarding life after death and the amazing book of Hofstadter's (I Am a Strange Loop) - a book that echoes the very same sentiment. There is no soul or afterlife as we conventionally imagine it to be with our religions - it is simply a copy or reflection of the dead person living in and thru another person who is still living. This is also closer to the Judaic concept of an afterlife - no hell or heaven just memories.

[CrMoshed]

"why do you question things" "...Because i like to" thats the bottom line

[ozdexter]

is that boy George at 1:12:42 ??

Mind = blown

[TheJoyfulPianist]

the utterly child-like in the face of the unknown= genius= Feynman.

[ashylarrybitches]

finally a human being, we are all richer for Feynman just being feynman.

feynman + titty bar = damn good time.

what a genuinely normal guy.

[sushiman]

Does anybody know where I can watch the full lecture at 28:00?

[tekesbur]

@sushiman yeah i can't find it either

[Huckxxx]

The wagon and ball anecdote is absolutely wonderful.

[armandin2048]

Thank you very much for posting this, I had no idea it even existed - the best 90 minutes of TV I have ever watched!

[32BitJunkie]

"Aw well... At least we don't get interrupted this way" :')

[TheJoyfulPianist]

thank you thank you for posting this!

[TheJoyfulPianist]

that poem she mentions was actually written by Whitman. One of my absolute favorites.

[TheJoyfulPianist]

@TheJoyfulPianist but she takes the poem incorrectly. The poet feels the great mystery without knowing the science. So funny, the poet sees the mystery just as the scientist she describes. There's really no difference here.

[nickharvey7]

Great vid!

[lezvarthok]

It's beautiful to see art and science come together, since I always felt they are essentially much closer then most realise. Art of Paint, Art of Thought, both must be driven by passion of curiosity , of experiment, dare to fail , dare to see new aspects. It's a tragedy he participated in the manhatten project, but that also shows that its important at what we participate. Let's learn from his failure and his success equally.

[ArtAristocracy]

"I simply didn't think. ok?" no

[Orbilfolda]

Two people clicked on the dislike button because of thermal fluctuations randomly working together such that their mouse actually moved a bit to the side and made them hit the dislike button :D

[BrendanIsCool]

5 people are religious fascists

[poorandimmature]

holy shit that caught me off guard, usually not such a pussy but I teared up twice before 20 minutes!

[TekLok]

sad marriage :[

[roddiero]

Damn that was effin good. What a fantastic man--and what a great collection of friends and colleagues he had. Great sis too. Bye Richard. Wish you were here.

[lord123j]

4 people are mongs

[UltraProle21]

9:04 - 9:12 .... Edward Furlong

[justatesomepizza]

How does quantum physics work? Easy; the particles do whatever Feynman tells them to do.

[GenericCoder]

Great guy hes one of the great minds that didn't get recognition that he needs like nikola tesla.

[Orbilfolda]

@GenericCoder you mean the noble prize is no recognition? Especially after watching the video here you should realize that Feynman got as much recognition as is possible for a scientist and is regarded as one of the greatest minds of men.

[GenericCoder]

@Orbilfolda Well for example you don't hear people regarded him in science by average people as for example einstein,edison,etc.

[Orbilfolda]

@GenericCoder I'm not sure if I understand what you mean. However, Edison was an inventor not a scientist and the impact of his contributions to mankind are arguably quite insignificant if you compare him to Einstein or Feynman. If you ask any Physicist in the world, they will tell you that Feynman was a genius.

[LittleDesertFlower78]

@Orbilfolda Eh, I wouldnt even honor Edison w/ the title 'inventor'.. He was really more of a capitalist who used technological invention as a means to financial success. -- Now TESLA.. He was a genius! (A scientist & an inventor.. Of the purest kind. - Driven by a compulsion to know/understand/uncover/discov­er/create/& advance mankind.. Rather than monetary gain. Gotta love that man too!)

Of course Einstein & Feynman are both insanely radical badasses as well.. Shoot, gotta love them all! :)

[Orbilfolda]

@LittleDesertFlower78 I don't know much about Tesla but he seems to rather deserve the title of overlooked genius, coming back to the original point made by @GenericCoder

I think the passion for advancement and natural curiosity is a common and pleasant feature of all three ... Einstein, Tesla and Feynman :-)

[LittleDesertFlower78]

@Orbilfolda True that! U dig alright, Orbilfolda. :)

[GenericCoder]

@Orbilfolda I see Yeh you make nice logical point I agree with you.

[sinachiniforoosh]

@Orbilfolda still not enough >:(

[KrakenKingKong]

four people are missed the like button...

[carfullofasians]

Amazing. Thank you!!

[Morphzilla]

20:50 for Captain Birdseye telling a story about boobs! Brehgrghurghrer wtf

[novitasx]

@Morphzilla HAHA, holy shit, that was hilarious and so unexpected.

[josyula547]

@Humaninsoul you've answered it u r self.

[ZachRose88]

Incredible. Wow, that was amazing.

[TheEntropianist]

2 people didn't realize that thumb's down meant bad!

[DexterHaven49]

@TheEntropianist No, they might not have liked it. So what. Are you intolerant of dissent?

[TheEntropianist]

@DexterHaven49 nope, just intolerant of idiots. Only an idiot would give this video a thumbs down. I'm sure that's exactly what you did.

[DexterHaven49]

@TheEntropianist You keep digging a deeper hole for yourself. Try making correct assertions for a change. Now you say, "I'm sure that's exactly what you did." No, I didn't. So you are wrong again! Next time you claim to be "sure" of something, make sure it's true first. Feynman would hate your reasoning yet again. No charge for the lesson.

[billhicks8]

@DexterHaven49

Why don't we all just take it easy and keep it positive and not assume what Feynman would think of these petty things?

[PATRICELUMUMBAS]

NO BLOOD

[xWardrumsx]

Whoever posted this, thank you!

[untwerf]

its a little disturbing how much Joan resembles her brother....

[freeadplanet]

@untwerf Goto hell.

[qwertypluss]

brilliant video

[3877michael]

15:30 Making hero's of mass murderers . It was a different time back then. The dark side of knowledge is fascinating.

[bryonpav]

That made me so sad. I'm still crying. :(

[generalcustard1]

In my mind there are not many men greater than Richard Feynman, his zest and enthusiasm for life, curiosity to explore and understand all around him are an example to us all, he had a rare ability to help others see the world as he did, a beautiful mind indeed.

[nikanj]

Do any other chess players here sometimes promote to bishop just for kicks and as a tribute to Feynman?

[kouluampuja96]

@nikanj i do it to try and mate with two bishops or a knight and a bishop :) also, if someone out there is watching just one corner of the board and has a theory that a bishop can change its color, i want to give them a chance to prove it, thanks to feynman

[VellianoRosso]

The most accomplished mind.

thank you.

[FlashAstronomy]

21:20 Haha no fair that's a man's weakspot ! :D

[sportsportsport]

Feynman doesn't make me interested in physics, although I find it fascinating, he makes me interested in living my life. That's his special charm.

[hankaaron1961]

30:10 Come on Rich, that beaming smile at 29:58 betrays your protestations!

[sailcat9]

So, there are two people in this world who don't like extraordinary geniuses. How terribly sad.

[xzabok]

Yes he was very clever to make a pretty write-up of all the stuff invented by

Stueckelberg.

But not every physicist / mathematician can have such a good pr.. or waste his time breaking spaghetti. Some just work hard all day on brilliant theories and then watch others get the credit for it. :-P

[St00sh13]

@xzabok It was doing things like breaking spaghetti that made his mind so great.

[vtxphantom]

Good post. A truly fine glimpse of a beautiful mind.

[evancisco]

Thanks so much for this video. I just listened to the audio book "Genius, The life and times of Richard Feynman" by James Gleick. Very good. I know there's a newer book by Krauss but I don't trust him at all. Way tooooooooooo Political for a supposed objective scientist.

Thanks again

[lambdaphi874]

@evancisco I'm surprised you held out on the "too" and not the "way"

[2001Horatio]

A Great American from an era when there were great Americans.

[Proteus6684]

That was an hour and thirty minutes of wonderful discovery for me,thank you for the upload!

[PicoBello]

absolutely beautiful video about an extraordinary man. love it, love him. thanks.

[todanes]

that chubby spaghetti dude is a rancid little bin pig

[nbachmann]

The Spaghetti answer is simple from a engineering perspective; applied end moments create a uniform moment across the entire beam so it is liable to break at any point. When it fails and snaps forward, you have an engineering dynamics problem, but roughly speaking the stresses will resemble a cantilever beam which has large stresses at the base, where it will fail again.

[x1plus1x]

Thank you for posting this spectacular video.

[MsJustanotherhuman]

he and I share the same brain... curious!

[SherryVapors]

I'd like to know who the two idiots are who didn't like this.

[squeese]

@SherryVapors Trust me, you do NOT want to know these people, you're better off never to know such people, nothing good can come from interacting with such. :)

[shamelesshussy]

57:00 It's over 20 years later and the 'science' of organic foods being better for you and the planet is still being peddled sans data. And, just as he says, maybe it is maybe it isn't, but for god sakes try proving it rather than just saying it. (I'm not caught up in that particular issue, just pseudoscience in general)

[allanfelipebr]

1:09:50 - That woman is insane.

[hansiraber]

@allanfelipebr completely bonkers

[BlameRepublicans]

how could 2 douche bags not like this?

[Tonjevic]

@BlameRepublicans

My feeling is that the thumbs-down is too close to the thumbs-up.

It could be that two people who meant to like the video accidentally disliked it.

[Baxter5775]

@Tonjevic Or the two people that gave it thumbs down were simply too stupid to even begin to understand it. They then became scared of it, and like all the idiots that cannot comprehend the things that they are afraid of... They became afraid of it. So now those two people are more than likely hidden behind the same church pew praying for something that will release them from their current state of mild retardation.

[Baxter5775]

@BlameRepublicans It's quite simple. actually... It sounds something like - KRISHT IANS - or, simply spelled as "Christians". They are what has weighed all great progress down. They are the great distraction. Just ignore them. Focus on what intelligent people such as Feynman have to say, and you will be alright!

[Kaeralho]

0:21:30... lol

[joshsarles]

0:20:47

[Karestasse]

so that there's this.. TREM-END-OUS mess!... of ..waves, all over in space.

[jnewman12777]

...or would you walk over there and go "brbrbrbrbrbrbr"

[encarta007]

It's not really clear what Joan Feynman says at about 10 seconds into the video. Is she saying that it is an astronomer staring into the sky and then contrasting the astronomer with a scientist? Is she saying that astronomy is not a science? Can anyone help clarify?

[chaosroyalevideo]

@encarta007 She's referring to a poem by Longfellow which talks about "a learned astronomer" contrasted with the oh-so-artistic poet who goes outside and looks up at the stars without understanding them (as if that's a good thing). Joan is pointing out that the scientists (including the astronomers of course) see even more beauty in the stars.

[encarta007]

@chaosroyalevideo

Ah, gotcha. Thanks a lot.

[billhicks8]

@chaosroyalevideo

It was Walt Whitman wasn't it?

[chaosroyalevideo]

@billhicks8 Yes, it was Whitman, thanks for correcting that, that was a silly mistake.

[thedeeliciousplum]

Thank you so very much for sharing this BBC special. I, as a naturalist, am in awe of this gentleman and of his mannerisms and insights. Best wishes.

[MuddyTonic]

21:33 8)

 lol

[hoiszhdfoifh22]

Who else noticed the awesome dog around 7 minutes in? :D

[pustolov9]

love how he gets excited at 52:34

[scuzzulus]

we should impregnate all our teenage daughters with feynman clones...if they're gonna give birth young it may as well be to a genius.

[smarthandsomeguy]

The world needs more fathers like Feynman's father.

[psychobollox]

@smarthandsomeguy

something we should all at least try to be, really! my dad was like Feynman's dad was... set me up really well, because - yeh - there IS a pleasure in finding things out.

[I3enjaIvIinnn]

@smarthandsomeguy The world needs more fathers like Feynman too:)

[ClamCrunchy]

LOL@ 27:00

[DTROXX]

1 person thinks he understood quantum mechanics

[mmahmoudramadan]

the way that richard faynman speaks. i can see the intellect came out from his eye

[edwdixon5]

Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin had a kid. His name was Richard Feynman.

[reginasorous]

Beautiful

[bapyou]

Oi vay. What a New Yawkah.

[ashylarrybitches]

Feynman owns YouTube 41.27

watched it twice, bookmarked and will watch it again. the best mind in 100 years actually had so much personality, charisma and a wicked sense of humor.

he's the type of person that would call you dude rather than some title.

i stood up and applauded and felt sad that he passed, very moving documentary.

@SevenSevenSevenaka

thank you!

[ashylarrybitches]

what an incredible man, inspirational and just proves you can be the smartest guy and still be yourself.......quirky? yes. humble and modest? for sure. he exuded confidence in a humane way. gonna read his book as it would be very interesting and worth keeping

[WickeDFate4]

Feynman owns YouTube 41:27.

I question which is more beautiful to me; Feynman's smile, or the very attractive woman?

But seriously, I was nearly in tears at the end of this.

[WickeDFate4]

Feynman owns YouTube 41:27.

But seriously, I was nearly in tears at the end of this.

[credster]

really wonderful!

[folder766]

Thanks you for uploading this. Wonderful.

[nachoseg]

1 person is confused, and its kinda unhappy

[Bremerxxxx]

He's HILARIOUS, INSPIRING, and INTELLIGENT.

I love this documentary and recommend his book, Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!

[heethen1]

I'm thinking of translating this to Czech for my friend. Do you have English subtitles for this by any chance? And would it be possible to attach them afterwards to this video?

[SevenSevenSevenaka]

@heethen1 sry, not at the moment but i will look in to it. enjoy the rest of the channel



[Moryton]

@heethen1 Most of this is taken from "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out" which was transcribed by the BBC Horizon team.Search for: the pleasure of finding things out transcript

[bobsacamano1]

@heethen1 at the very end of the video there is information on obtaining a script. I'd write that address.

[gladandhappy]

@heethen1

There's a little "CC" icon just under the video...it gives subtitiles using voice recognition. Unfortunately it's not exactly perfect yet...but I imagine in a few months it could be ;)

[JigglyJangles]

@heethen1 You can get a transcript of the show from the BBC for 2 pounds. Check out the last 30 seconds of the video.

[zeroinfinit]

@heethen1 there's a cc button in the video. choose transcribe audio.

[ShaolinIronLeg]

@heethen1 You can do it now :D Click on CC at the bottom right of the video box, then click transcribe audio. Once you get the english captions, you can click translate captions. One of the options is Czech.

[itchcity]

his wife was smokin!!

[NeoWoodstockHippie]

SeeingThings info

[SPxQR]

Great, thanks for that :)

[scottvska]

Michelle Feynman is hot.

[richardsucksx]

Motor boating 21:30 .

[Kagius23]

Beautiful

[Ender0410]

Are you going to go over there and stick your face in them and go brrrrrrrr...... hhahaha that was awesome.

[k1llk1ngph30n1x]

awesome, thx for uploading

[k1llk1ngph30n1x]

I was waiting for why spaghetti breaks in 3 pieces . :(