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Feynman: What things really are like FUN TO IMAGINE 1
A clip from the 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine in which Richard Feynman explains heat as the jiggling of atoms and how we perceive it as hot and cold.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a short, joyful example of Feynman's accessible way of explaining physics, which a transcript cannot capture.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Christopher Sykes
- Topic
- physics explanations
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2011–2013
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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If you haven't watched these "Fun to imagine" with Feynman videos from YouTube, I really recommend them. You just can't capture his joy and passion with a transcript. "Fun to Imagine" playlist: [VIDEO]
dirtyaura on Hacker News · 2012-01
In Feynman on explanationsI am a big time Feynman fan, sure we've had our share of great thinkers and awe inspiring intellects, but Feynman is just the perfect combination of that and a likable character that remains human for the rest of us. Einstein was also like that …
elteto on Hacker News · 2012-09
In Bill Gates: Books I Read this SummerThere's also a small series of Feynman that has been put on Youtube called "fun to imagine." They are short and most of them are very good: [VIDEO]
simonsarris on Hacker News · 2011-10
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