In this series of 4 lectures, Richard Feynman introduces the basic ideas of quantum mechanics. The main topics include: the basics, the Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, Bell’s theorem and the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox.
If anyone here loves Richard Feynman for his personality as well as his explanations, then I THOROUGHLY recommend reading 'Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman' It's one of the funniest and most insightful books about a person I have ever read. His life was as interesting as his physics! It's not got any mathematics or heavy science in it, it's just about him and all the hilarious antics he got up to in his spare time - including bongo playing in Brasil, safe cracking while working on the Atom bomb, his love of women (an understatement!) and the languages he spoke which helped him around the world pursue his love of women! Give it a go, you won't be disappointed!
Definitely the best of the series, although it is essential to have previously watched the other three. As a fellow quantum theorist, I am baffled as to why Feynman calls the fine-structure constant c instead of alpha. Especially since everyone uses c for the speed of light. Surely his logic is not that greek letters would confuse non-mathematicians. However, I suspect it is. Sometimes Feynman dumbs things down a little too much. In the grand scheme of things, I am eternally grateful that he taught 100-level (and lower) physics--despite being scoffed at by his colleagues for doing so. I likewise enjoy teaching 100-level physics. I also enjoy involving non-physics majors in my research projects. Only one or two people on the team need to know how to figure out the mathematical details. The conceptual details are actually much more important.
So, does anybody know where to find the last lecture he is talking about? I am dying to listen to the "real" example with the boxes of the first lecture.
🙋🏻♂️ 2:30 is he talking about a dice with the dots drilled out and placing marbles for instance on the holes and shining light through said vectors and see where and how the light comes out depending on the light position and marble size thickness and placement ? Bend light reflect refract project etc etc protons neutrons muons quarks etc Should see what happens when you get the 21 magnets to all suck in 🎉
Not that it would have mattered very much , coz the full math nearly blew my brain . Seems so simple what he's doing . IRL it ain't . This Man is a Giant .
“I built the first atomic bomb while my wife died and then I invented Quantum Electrodynamics with crayon doodles. After retiring I made NASA’s entire organizational management look like dipshits one summer on live TV. Your shoes can go screw themselves.” - Richard P. Feynman
