Growing Up Feynman - Michelle Feynman - 5/11/2018

On May 11 & 12, 2018, Caltech and PMA presented Feynman 100, a celebration of Richard Feynman’s life & legacy on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
The May 11 evening event celebrated his broad contributions to science and society as a scientist, teacher, and curious character. Speakers included: Robbert Dijkgraaf, Freeman Dyson, Joan Feynman, Michelle Feynman, Janna Levin, John Preskill and Kip Thorne, Tom Rosenbaum and Leonard Susskind. The evening also included two special video presentations featuring Bill Gates and words from Richard Feynman.
Bongo drumming by Richard Feynman and Ralph Leighton.
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[@edcoad4930]

The answer to the question "dead or alive, who would you have dinner with?" is always and always will be Richard Feynman.

[@paulgee8253]

Beautiful tribute to a Dad from a loving daughter.

[@Cinetext]

Awesome!

[@gaylehammond5619]

@Troy Master you are quite ugly.

[@joewright9879]

@Paul Gee agreed.

[@dr.prakasharumugam4086]

It is a wonderful tribute and honour to a father. Professor Feynman was perhaps the best physics teacher I never had. I began studying physics at the college level after his death, and during my first year at the university, I delved into his books. I had to make a choice between medicine and physics and later entered medical college. I wish I had been born 40 years earlier. Fortunately, thanks to modern technology, we were able to watch his lectures as if he were still alive and lecturing. He probably would have objected to being called the smartest man, as he was a very modest and down-to-earth person.

[@apburner1]

Caltech can't figure out how to display the screen?

[@Michael-cp9mo]

One would indeed expect more from Caltech.

[@lunakid12]

Exactly! I've seen it in other Caltech videos, too. And there apparently is someone behind the camera, so this ought to be a policy: "NEVER leave the speaker (or the speaker's brother)!"

[@miserablerhurensohn]

Was it just pictures of Carl that weren't shown? Maybe he had something to do about it.

[@rog2224]

It could be rights issues - they have the right to show them in the auditorium, but not on KZbin. You sometimes see the same issue on +1 TV channels.

[@michaelmcneil4168]

Their cup cake of corruption runneth under.

[@arctic_haze]

Richard Feynman was undoubtedly *the* genius of his generation of physicists. It is nice to hear from the best source possible that he was also a nice human being.

[@Stu-SB]

Spot on comment !

[@chuckdavinci9044]

You can read his words, both in the books he published and in the ones his family assembled from his other writings, and there's a lot of video of him.

[@southpaw7426]

I never get tired of watching your father’s lectures, or his sense of humor that comes through in every one. Thanks for sharing this !

[@rg8276]

As a Father who loves and cherishes my own daughter for the amazing person that she's grown up to be, I am sure that your tribute to your incredible Dad brought a tear to his eyes, as it did to mine....Thank you for sharing your heart with all of us.....and....Happy Birthday Dr. F"!!!

[@karthikchand]

Father and daughter relationships are 100 million and trillion times greater than anything in this Universe. I mean a Father and Daughter relationship is immortal.🥰

[@revenger211]

He might've contributed so much to physics and science in general, but I think his biggest success is raising his children in the right way.

[@loyolaschool]

My dad presented me the three red books of Feynmans Lectures in Physics when I was in high school. I studied physics from these three books.

[@MrJdcirbo]

I can't describe how beautiful her genuine elation when recounting these memories is. I can't stop smiling. What a wonderful family! She's so proud of her brother, too. You can see it. That's awesome!

[@richardcarew4708]

It's called respect... it's something we learn from our parents... like most of the other stuff that gets us through life... respect for others comes from the respect of one's self... and we learn it by watching our parents...

[@zapfanzapfan]

"What I cannot create, I do not understand" - last words on Feynman's black board -

[@marekkrakovsky4187]

,,What I cannot see, touch and taste, I do not understand." Me

[@georgiapeach7666]

Feynman: Amen!

[@Sharperthanu1]

WHEELER amen!

[@Javaman92]

Richard Feynman has been my favorite scientist for many years now. These talks are precious to someone who recognizes him as an amazing human being who lived life with a joy seldom seen. His life deserves to be celebrated.

[@CarolHaynesJ]

Been a huge fan since I first got his lectures at the age of 17 back in the 70s. My biggest regret to never have the chance to meet him. Lovely tribute and happy birthday RPF 😍

[@MrJdcirbo]

17?! Holy moly man. You've been set for greatest for most of your life! Congrats.

[@user-ji3wz6en9w]

No joke, I bought the complete set of Feynman's lectures at age 15.

[@user-ji3wz6en9w]

Flexing or not - I am proud.

[@chessdawg2459]

Hope u r still alive after corona has struck this planet. Live long old woman.

[@CarolHaynesJ]

@@chessdawg2459 young at heart 😁

[@irislavie]

An inspiring man through and through. You don't have to be a physicist to enjoy his presence and learn from him how to learn, how to ask serious questions. He passed away, but he is very much alive and present. I am very grateful.

[@jessiedoggie1]

I'm lucky enough to have one of my sons as a theoretical physicist and a teacher as well. I was an undergraduate at Cornell when Feynman gave his lecture series in the '60s, but didn't know about them at the time. I rediscovered him a few years ago and have watched his lecture series and read his books since then. His QED has brought me a clear understanding of light phenomena, and his lectures on the subject are not to be missed.

[@scottgates4979]

Dr Feynman was a certifiable nut. The best kind.

[@viadharmawheel]

He questioned everything. A man dedicated to discovery.

[@richardcarew4708]

No... he absolutely was not a nut... he was a brilliant teacher... and we learn best when we are having fun 😉

[@lordbruce2720]

@Richard Collier he clearly hasent read any Feynman

[@sjm2029]

@@lordbruce2720 lotta incels in the replies who don't seem to get the comment

[@nattyphysicist]

He is why I took Physics. Thanks for sharing!

[@Metal73Mike]

"On the weekends, he would borrow a friends car to drive to Albuquerque..." ... salient detail, this friend was Klaus Fuchs :P Thanx for sharing !

[@tekvax01]

Such a lovely tribute from a daughter to her father!

[@abdo1612]

Mr. Feynman was the best teacher I never got. His books influenced me greatly growing up and they left me with this sense that I knew him on a personal level. I envy you for having this larger than life figure as a father.

[@richardcarew4708]

@Bill McQ he is available on KZbin and Kindle

[@Zibonnn]

"One of my favorite games was where he pretended to be a radio. I would sit on his lap and twist his nose, and he would make up songs from different radio stations." This is one of the most hilarious games I've heard about! 😅 Just picture the scene in your head!

[@nihilioellipsis]

that's a brilliant open. Ended engaging fun thing to do with a kid.

[@danielscheinhaus5210]

That was a wonderful tribute by a loving daughter to her Dad.

[@javaidahmad7926]

Lovely! Richard Feynman is beautiful man full of life, full of humor, and lives on! Very straight forward, very humorous, vigorous and very simple soul.

[@richardcarew4708]

Simple?... hmmmmm?

[@holdmybeer]

I watch a Feynman lecture or ramble at least once a month. What a great teacher he was and still is.

[@boraxsopanic2670]

You can see his niceness through her...his daughter. It's a testimony.

[@nigelmansfield3011]

Wonderful man, wonderful daughter.

[@sarrhodes8277]

I was engaged by Richard Feynman's twinkling eyes and charisma even in the short clips shown of him on Netflix's recent Challenger documentary. He seemed a very interesting character and I really admired how he put himself out there and re-directed the outcome of the Challenger Commission's findings, supported by General Doug Kutyna and secretly, Sally Ride. That got me looking at books he'd written - unsurprisingly, his humour is mentioned repeatedly. Just ordered two and look forward to reading them. His daughter clearly adored him - she literally shines with love at her happy memories of him.

[@sarahdeshay1394]

Where have I been? At the age of 62 I discover this man only today! He reminds me of myself. Although I have nothing more than a poor high school education, when I first heard him speak I thought so I am not the only person who questions everything and sees things so differently than most everyone I meet. I am so looking forward to watching every video clip I can find of him speaking and reading any books by he and most likely his daughter. What a great day has turned out to be!

[@udaypadhye3835]

Well come to the universe, so much knowledge is on KZbin, sit with pen notebook

[@raybenoit5238]

I was shown Richard feynman by my young son . And I will thank my son for this formally. I've read a bit about him and I consider him a rare rare gem of humanity . Sorely missed .

[@HunnidTheTrapper02]

Love this. Nothing better than hearing about a scientist from their kids.

[@radiok2ua]

Thank you so much for this loving tribute! So many stories of geniuses don’t include “irrepressible, lovable father.”

[@tedbaxter5234]

What a beautiful tribute! Tears of joy in my eyes...

[@xDMrGarrison]

That is just beautiful :) I almost cried.

[@mrdennis1038]

Whoever thinks fathers are dispensable or merely replaceable is delusional and deserves our pity. Thanks so much for reminding the world of Richard Feynman and his humanity.

[@wolfmangoland7972]

My love for physics started after I read the book The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Beautiful tribute by Michele.

[@gleep1905]

We should all aspire to have our children cherish us this much, genius or not. This was beautiful.

[@johnbingham6355]

I have studied all three volumes of the feynman lectures any they are superb,and, often there is much humour.One of my favourite observations his where he is discussing the planets etc in relation to the early Church.He said that the early Church believed that the stars were held in place by angels pulling in all directions,but,he goes on to say, this theory has been modified.

[@StudyWithCuriousExplorer]

john bingham , i also now start to read , give me some suggestions to how to read mainly mechanics,heat and radiation by faynman,lighton and sands...

[@johnbingham6355]

Hello Yash.Well,I entered college so that I could study only pure Maths,where I sensed some amusement on the part of the Interview Panel,seeing why, when I came up against differential equations involving half life decay etc.Therefore, I can only suggest the method I have always used. namely, when studying the chapters on thermodynamics,which covers mostly what you ask.,If I found a single term that I did not understand I would go to a physics dictionary and to find its meaning.Now it starts to get funny.So ,to take a simple example.if I wanted mass it would direct me to say page 64.But on page 64 density woud be mentioned which neccessited my going to page 19,and from there to another page to find what volume meant etc.In this way I understood,and remembered that which was being written. But might I suggest this?.A professor who absolutely astonishes me (online) is Professor Balakrishnan whose lectures completely covers Feynman"s three volumes,in a way I have never experienced.He fully covers Thermodynamics,beginning with the basics and ending with statistical thermodynamics.Hope I have been of some help. J.B.

[@michaelmcneil4168]

Maybe he became a Unitarian.

[@johnbingham6355]

Sorry. I"m pretty thick and I don"t get the point.I am trying to link Unitarian with one who is a member of the C of E, and ,who is against the doctrine of the trinity, with the fact that Feynman, was Jewish,and like Newton, when asked about the existence of God by Bishop Berkeley, said that he had nothng to say,but the Universe suggested order.

[@johnbingham6355]

I apologise Michael. I did not realize that you were referring to the original "to the early Church....etc"

[@dr.reidsheftalltruthinscie2007]

What a beautiful person in more ways than one. I'm talking about Michelle! As for Professor Feynman, I'm not all surprised he was a great Dad to those children. He had such a great sense of humor. Mix that with creativity (which he had in abundance) and you can entertain anyone.

[@mukeshsharma-iq8dp]

Prof Richard Feynman was amongst the greatest scientist in the 20th Century👍🙏

[@austincasey4621]

I could watch this over & over again.

[@sumeshrajurkar5922]

Touching tribute ! The more you know about the man, the more you admire him and his genius !!

[@konradglibowski617]

it is so exciting to hear the voice tembre and a rythm, that has a vibrant part of his marvelous passion to life, I was never fan of him as a scientist , but rather as a human being, who love the life, the world and nature, as it is. Well, fortunately more and more records of Feynman's appear and it is always a pleasure to watch, read or listen. Thanks for sharing it. to Caltech, Princeton and to Feynman Family.

[@bammbammbahama3291]

Thanks for sharing, and allowing us a glimpse into Feynman’s world.

[@bobmanahmed7258]

Wonderful tribute to a great man.

[@scottyakoubian9238]

What a beautiful tribute to a hero.

[@saladler]

Wonderful talk about a great man from his daughter.

[@JanetWilliams01]

I loved the book "Genius" by James Gleick. Wonderful insight into this truly wonderful person. Well worth a read.

[@alexisrodriguez2801]

I recommend you YOU MUST BE JOKING MR. FEYNMAN, written by the man himself. It is BY FAR, my favorite book. I have the paper version as well as the digital so I can read whenever I want.

[@JanetWilliams01]

@@alexisrodriguez2801 Thanks for the great recommendation, Alexis. I've heard of this book. Will investigate and will probably buy it. Thank you so much!

[@greatmystery9729]

I wish that I knew who your father was when I was at Catholic school.I would have naturally fell in line with him.My teachers would have hated me even more.(; Thank you Richard for everything!

[@gerryroach7111]

I too loved his brilliance, his delightful sense of humor and wit. Her great affection for her dad is truly heart warming and readily understandable, l would have been honored just to have met him.

[@garywellings2281]

Absolutely wonderful

[@personwomanmancameratv717]

That's an awesome tribute. Can't believe it took me over 2 years to watch it.

[@patomalley55]

Very Enlightening to the other qualities of this great man. Very enjoyable.

[@SuperRockyMountainSRM]

Happy birthday Mr. FEYNMAN. Thank you

[@luckyirvin]

sweet sweet sweet your father passed along what his father passed along, great fun talk, Feynman salute

[@tubularfrog]

Good for her! What an absolutely wonderful tribute to her father. I love my late Dad too.

[@nathanroberson]

She brought tears to my eye as she spoke about my hero. Thank you. It was nice meeting more of the family.

[@scottmiller2580]

Beautiful tribute to a father. Greetings from Ithaca, Professor Feynman's old stomping ground.

[@Heritage3911]

She is one of the most beautiful people I have ever seen, in so many ways.

[@billcook7483]

He is one of my all time science heroes, what a great fun guy, sadly missed.

[@KomradeCPU]

what a human being that was, complex and wonderful; long live his memory and I hope that his way influence many to come.

[@koushikkashyap439]

Wow, I never thought I could appreciate that person more. This video proved I was wrong... An amazing dad as well. Immortal RPF

[@hrothgleas1]

Such a beautiful lady, and such a beautiful tribute...

[@JohnMcIlroyTax]

Thoroughly enjoyed that, Michelle, thanks!

[@parthabose51]

Thanks for sharing 👍 ❤

[@BobWestWA8YCD]

Such a loving and proper tribute. I never got to meet him, to my misfortune, but as a Physics undergrad student I read his famous lectures and his more popular books. I developed a deep respect for what I knew of him and his work. I celebrate his life. To his children I wish that his memory lasts you the rest of your days with love, warmth, and hope.

[@thibod07]

Thank you for sharing such lovely though about your father! A beautiful mind!

[@brettwong9223]

Happy birthday! Dick! It's been a long time.

[@richardcarew4708]

I sure am glad people don't call me Dick... somehow I didn't ever like that name after watching the Nixon Kennedy debates... it's still there in my mind... it was the last time I watched television... and "enjoyed it"... it's actually insulting to any intelligence... but hey... it's not my business... you are so very fortunate... I don't know, but I have the feeling I was named for him... no other Richard in my family.. I was born on Sandia Base... my father was supervisor for building the scaffolding

[@Ryan-ch4is]

As I was watching this video clip, I was able to see the thumbnail of Richard Feynman's speech on Computer Heuristics. And wow, the physical resemblance of Michelle to her father is so clear in this video. There is no mistaking who her father was.

[@vct1040]

I just finished listening to “Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track“. I enjoyed it so much I listened to it again! His letters show a romantic man with great warmth and humor. I also thought his command of good letter writing was second to none. I’m looking forward to reading his other books! I can’t wait to delve into his lectures available on KZbin, also. Thanks go to his daughter for her contribution to these books and to her remembrance talk at Cal Tech.

[@SkateIslam]

So sweet hearing her talk about her dad. Inspiring to me as a father of a young daughter...

[@HazellRahh]

Thank you for posting this. Your father is an inspiration in my life and the world is a better place because he was in it. Peace.

[@jeffreysokal7264]

What a beautiful tribute from a wonderful daughter to an incredible father. Richard Feynman will forever be remembered for his contributions to physics and his innate ability to explain how the universe worked.

[@mlhesler68]

He is an inspiration to so many.

[@josephkokinda4251]

We may view Brilliance as a direct result from those that love their work, as natural as breathing to them, as they live their lives.

[@donaldwhittaker7987]

Feynman was a very special human.

[@CaneTopper]

this made me cry

[@tasd5673]

What a tribute and story. What an amazing farther first you must miss him very much ❤️🇦🇺

[@stephenrn1804]

Awesome! Thx for the tribute and post

[@rock1376]

Just finished his book on his life in Marathi. He is great human being and scientist.

[@rohansharma7790]

Can u send me that link in marathi here?

[@wagsman9999]

This was so cool to watch. Thanks.

[@andybils6141]

Thank you

[@AlbertoApuCRC]

Another Feyman to my list of favourite people

[@angelmatos9143]

Beautiful speech

[@fallenhobbit6554]

I love this man I read all his books. Even his college physics text book.

[@MikePulcinellaVideo]

Love love love this!

[@ibrahimnoon]

Best description of Feynman ever!

[@williamli7477]

I admire Mr Feynman ever since I discovered Feynman lectures in physics at my Mc Gill university library, when i was first or 2nd year physics major. The way he explained physics showed his true understanding of physics. Since then every time i traveled to LA I must go to Pasadena and take a peeping at his name in the university board, just to admire it. But I am not the type that work hark on reading and working on physics problems then, so I knew I wud never be able to enter Caltech. I thought learning physics must know the fundamental and rational. Well actually not true, because the teaching of physics is from the historical perspective, as how in history human discovered physics peaces. No much laws of physics and the laws may not be 100% reasonable down to sub particles level. My believe that physicists knows all was due to misguided education I received when very young in a pro communist elementary school, of written by those not so well educated. I like Mr Feynman ways and his playing of bingo drums in night clubs as well as participating in carnival! He is very human physicists and I am fortunate to hv met him in Montreal and asked him a few very silly questions ! Blessed him !!

[@fv6876]

This man had it all, he was a true genius, had a great sense of humor, was a great teacher, he could be very silly when the times allowed for it and on top of it all he was pretty handsome. If women weren't all chasing him I would not understand.

[@pawandeepb5967]

Richard Feynman. Belated Happy birthday

[@smittymcjob2582]

She's gorgeous!

[@richardcarew4708]

She's really smart too... a beautiful mind... must run in the family

[@borninvincible]

How clever of you to point out something she has no control over.

[@smittymcjob2582]

@@borninvincible Is this one of those feminist comments? I've heard of them but not yet seen one up close!

[@jppage3292]

@@smittymcjob2582 oh, shut up, man-bun

[@smittymcjob2582]

@@jppage3292 I feel so out of touch! Is being a man-bun good or bad?

[@StanSwan]

Richard was brilliant and the guy next door from what I have read and seen. Looking at the world as is really is even with a tiny fraction of his understanding just changes the way you think in everyday life. Thinking about how matter is spread out pure energy and heat is just jiggling atoms. Like he said it is fun to think about.

[@DRJMF1]

Michelle has the smile of her father and a little of his style and swagger too. Nice to see his genes living today.

[@zoltanbiro6388]

She is adopted

[@DRJMF1]

oops, right then, still his unique character has clearly rubbed off on her.

[@NiallFernie]

I felt this was going to be a speech by a jealous sister, and it may have been. However, it was overarched by a girl who loved her dad. Brought me to tears...

[@eismccc]

Absolutely moving

[@naveensagar2408]

Feynman is a ultimate physicist of all time.

[@MirorR3fl3ction]

Well that was fantastic

[@tyleroconnellt]

Fantastic!

[@jvburnes]

A beautiful remembrance by a charming woman. I'm a computer scientist and it's really strange how much certain aspects of Richard remind me so much of my grandfather who was my mentor. I'm talking about certain personality aspects and his manner of speaking. I'm not sure how that can be, since I don't think we could be closely related at all. I know Richard is Jewish and my grandfather's family came over to America on the boat so long ago from a small village in Germany. They were blacksmiths. Life is strange and wonderful.

[@poetrification]

Feynman genes are blessed and beautiful!

[@jucameron]

Actually Michelle is his adopted daughter.

[@poetrification]

John Cameron I see! May i know if you know why he went for adoption?

[@jucameron]

@@poetrification Sorry, I don't know. Richard never said and I certainly wasn't going to ask.

[@ifrazali3052]

@@jucameron she looks like him Shut up