Fun to Imagine with Richard Feynman

Editor's Take

Richard Feynman's gift was making the ordinary world strange again, and these BBC conversations catch him doing exactly that. He explains why rubber bands stretch, how fire works, and what holds matter together, always reasoning aloud rather than reciting. The pleasure is watching a first-rate mind think in real time, delighted by problems most people never notice.

Fun to Imagine brings together the classic BBC films in which physicist Richard Feynman explains the everyday world through the eyes of science. In these conversations the Nobel laureate explores why rubber bands stretch, how fire works, and what holds matter together, all with infectious delight. The film captures both his brilliance and his sheer joy in understanding things. It is a wonderful introduction to one of the great communicators of physics. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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