Microsoft Research and Bill Gates Bring Historic Physics Lectures to Web Lecture series by celebrated physics professor Richard Feynman is now available to all. Microsoft Research, in collaboration with
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates, today launched a Web site that
makes an acclaimed lecture series by the iconic physicist Richard
Feynman freely available to the general public for the first time. The
lectures, which Feynman originally delivered at Cornell University in
1964, have been hugely influential for many people, including Gates.
Gates privately purchased the rights to the seven lectures in the
series, called “The Character of Physical Law,” to make them widely
available to the public for free with the hope that they will help get
kids excited about physics and science. The historic lectures and related content can be seen at
http://research.microsoft.com/tuva.
The name “Tuva” was chosen because of Feynman’s lifelong fascination
with the small Russian republic of Tuva, located in the heart of Asia.Feynman
was one of the most popular scientists of the 20th century, equally
regarded for his scientific insights as well as his ability to convey
his enthusiasm for science through his lectures and writings. He shared
the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 and was also known for his quirky
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