Richard Feynman's Story of Particle Physics - 1973 Lecture

A 40 minute audio recording, restored with visual aids and diagrams, given by the legendary physicist and educator Richard Feynman on the history and development of the search for the fundamental structure of matter, from atomic physics to elementary particle physics.

I personally restored this audio and produced the video for anyone with an interest, or even just a mild curiosity, in the world of particle physics and what scientific discoveries has happened, and continues to happen, at particle accelerator facilities such as at Fermilab, SLAC and of course CERN. This is a good lecture for anyone who wants a relatively quick but concise lecture from one of the grand masters of the field of physics.

The story of how humanity's knowledge of matter, from the Periodic Table to the Standard Model of Particle Physics, developed is a very interesting one and shows that once we think we have found simplicity in physics, more complicated and unexpected phenomena and patterns occur again at a deeper level as nature does not give up its secrets so easily and never seems to let us get too complacent in our assumed mastery of a particular field. This has of course generated more and more discoveries and technological breakthroughs in their wake, accelerating our knowledge of matter and energy and increasing our power to manipulate it.

[TroyTempest]

Born: 11 May 1918, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States the late great Richard Feynman would have been 100 years old today, May 11th 2018 - gone far too soon. Respect.

[siliconalleys]

Thank you for this great presentation. I work at slac at Stanford in the late 70s. At that point we had four quarks Uptown strange and charm. Two more quarks were theorized truth and beauty. Black 13 Nobel Prize in physics. I worked in the bubble chamber and we are part of two of those Nobel prizes. I will watch this again to learn more about what we are actually doing.

[Boozley]

Fascinating, How am I just now, at 40 years old, discovering the genius of Richard

[HelenMoreno-lr]

Wonderful and incredibly lucid lecture on quarks by Feynman. Thanks for posting. I just love listening to this remarkable man..

[Catramos]

Wow! The visual aids are spectacular! I wish I would have been blessed with good math and science teachers. Mine were horrible. They seemed hell-bent on demonstrating your "stupidity" and their superior "intellect." That just scared me away. Too bad because the United States needs all the math/science people it can find. The reason I don't hate math/science (even though I'm not good at them) is because I understand they are among the biggest contributors to my health, comfort and economic well-being (relative to the rest of the world), happiness (entertainment and such), and even spirituality (via quantum/entanglement and probably the reason Nils Bohr made his coat of arms a Ying-Yang- Brilliant!) It is very generous of you to share your knowledge, creativity, and effort World-Wide via the Web.

[uio]

the best lecture in particle physics you can have !

[virgiliordache]

The author of the most beautiful and easy-to-understand physics textbooks I have come across! (i am from Romania)

[radiomatador]

Feynman videos should be first season of any science course. Free Prerequisite

[gregparrott]

A hearty thanks to Muon Ray for producing both the audio and supplementing it with video. Feynman was indeed a grand master, and a very eloquent one at that.

[lsharpe]

Richard Feynman. Wish I could have hung out with this guy. No doubt on a par with Einstein. Even greater was his love for the bongos, Mongolia, and strip bars. Not gonna say which is better. All I know is Feynman was a genius and a very cool guy. Richard Feynman and very smart people can explain very complicated things in simple terms that ordinary people can understand. This is the mark of genius!

[popvinnik]

"They disintegrate right away in a very, very tiny time, so we have to deduce their existence." I love the way he spoke.

[anthonymullen]

Thanks for posting. I just love listening to this remarkable man.

[SirLucidThoughts]

I love this guy's lectures. Especially when you can see him, he is was so unique in his style of teaching . I recommend watching him teach.

[c.a.g.]

I can't believe this: I tried switching the channel a dozen times, but I can't seem to tear myself away from this guy; everything he says is endlessly interesting, intriguing; fascinating.

[barçaforlife__]

Muon - A Great Big Thanks for all your time to compile the great pics to accompany the audio.  Perfect!

[aimelecusay]

Thanks so much for posting!!!! I love listening to the genius of Feynman, loved the visuals, what a character he was...so brilliant!

[IsraelDavid-zg]

Wonderful animations to everything that Prof. Feynman says. Thank you!!!. Thanks for posting. I just love listening to this remarkable man..

[jean-marcknight]

Mr Richard Fantastic Feynman. Never have enough of him.

[mmello]

Wonderful and incredibly lucid lecture on quarks by Feynman

[benjaminjohnson]

This video is so good. Easily in the top 10 most illuminating videos I've seen. Thank you.