The Feynman Lectures on Physics, the 1964 textbook encapsulation of Richard Feynman's legendary lectures to Caltech undergrads in the early '60s, is online for the reading, Kottke notes—for free, and ...

True to form as the original “curious character,” legendary physicist Richard Feynman often broke out of his favored field of expertise to give his own special slant on other areas. One important case ...

What was Richard Feynman's early life like? Richard Feynman was born in Queens, New York, on May 11, 1918. From a young age, he displayed an extraordinary curiosity and a keen aptitude for mathematics ...

Microsoft Research, Microsoft and its chairman, Bill Gates, have launched a Web site that makes the 1964 lectures of physicist Richard Feynman freely available to the general public for the first time ...

Richard Feynman didn't start speaking until he was three years old, and was tested at a good-but-not-exceptional IQ of 125 when he was in high school. Thirty years later, in 1965, he received the ...

On a December day, Richard Feynman gave a fun little lecture at Caltech — and dreamed up an entirely new field of physics. During the talk, entitled "Plenty of room at the bottom," he described the ...