Richard Feynman - The.Character of Physical Law - Part 1 The Law of Gravitation (full version)

Why HN readers recommended it

HN people recommend it as a masterclass in explaining physics clearly without condescension, accessible without formal training.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Tinkerin' Thinkers

Topic

gravitation and physical law

Format

lecture

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2013–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• Richard Feynman - The Character of Physical Laws [VIDEO] Incredible talk for both the content and the form ! There is so much we could learn from him.

• Physics is just mindblowing. When I think deeply about the fact that things that are moving will keep on moving forever unless a force acts on them, and the fact that no one knows why it's true (and that the question may not even have …

• Edit: apparently, I have been misinformed for a very long time. These are still excellent lectures to watch though! The Feynman Lectures are now on Youtube[0], and I like to watch them (all of them) every few years. I highly recommend that if you've never …