Richard Feynman: Fun to Imagine | Using physics to explain how the world works
Fun to Imagine | 6: Ways of Thinking
Feynman ponders the process of thinking.
CHANNEL | BBC 2
FIRST BROADCAST | 12 August 1983
DURATION | 11 minutes 56 seconds
FIRSTBROADCAST
1983
Synopsis
Richard Feynman gives us a glimpse inside his head in this exploration of how we think about complicated ideas.
Did you know?
Fellow Nobel Laureate Hans Bethe said of Feynman that he was not only a genius but also a magician because 'A magician does things that nobody else could ever do and that seem completely unexpected... and that's Feynman.'
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