An in depth view on one of the world's greatest physicists, Richard Feynman. The speech done by Zvi Bern (UCLA, Theoretical Elementary Particle Professor; I'm not entirely sure that is who Zvi Bern is--there is little information regarding him on the Internet) talks about Feynman's little drawings that changed the view of how we related/perceived particle physics (specifically what particles are doing while they zip around) completely.
It's a great physics talk and is still fairly watchable to the general public as long as you know what a particle is (electron, proton, neutron, quark, gluon, muon, baryon, etc...). A typical Feynam Diagram would include an electron & positron (anti-matter opposite of the electron) annihilating each other producing a virtual photon that over time becomes a anti-quark and quark pair in the process radiating a gluon. Before Feynman had got the diagrams accepted by the "general physicists public" it was thought that trying to describe such events would fall flat on their face.
If you've ever been amazed as to how Richard Feynman (if you don't know who Richard Feynman is, watch a clip or even a full talk of his before you watch this--you'll be doing yourself a HUGE favor; there are many clips available here on the sift) could explain Physics to the layman so easily, elegantly, completely, and "spell bindingly" capturing your full attention in the process; he did this to physicists as well. He explained with his diagrams easily what was thought to be impossible. That is Richard Feynman (one of my most favorite physicists ever, due exactly to this...). This talk is worth your time.
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kceaton1says...*promote Come on, no Richard Feynman fans or viewers to upvote this?
Richard F&%KING Feynman! Here's an example:
siftbotsays...Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 4:44am PST - promote requested by original submitter kceaton1.
rottenseedsays...*quality. Now if only I could finish his book. I always start reading it in the most inopportune times.
siftbotsays...Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by rottenseed.
Sagemindsays...OK, Just a minute, I'll be back once I've finished my Masters in Physics and Mathematics and learn Feynman Diagrams - Then I will make a comment.
Now..., Where do I register for the courses?
BicycleRepairMansays...>> ^Sagemind:
OK, Just a minute, I'll be back once I've finished my Masters in Physics and Mathematics and learn Feynman Diagrams - Then I will make a comment.
Now..., Where do I register for the courses?
I was thinking the same thing, I didnt understand any of this. With that said, in the amazing age of the internet, there are quite a few paths to courses atleast leading up to this, for example, check out the Kahn Academy, it's brilliant: http://www.khanacademy.org/
kceaton1says...The math part was a tad too far, but I was more listening for the additional method to use with Feynam Diagrams, unfortunately this one does cover it much at all--just a tad at the end.
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