I recently stumbled upon a project at Microsoft Research called “Tuva” which is an enhanced video player that is aimed at providing a rich informational video experience. It features video searching, full transcripts, interactive extras, an indexed time-line, and bookmarking capabilities.
By visiting the Project Tuva website you can view in their entirety Dr. Richard Feynman’s “Messenger Series” lectures on physics at Cornell university in 1964.
Here’s a quick over-view of the knowledge Feynman will be spitting at you in glorious Black and white video.
The Messenger Series Lectures
- Law of Gravitation – An Example of Physical Law
- The Relation of Mathematics and Physics
- The Great Conservation Principles
- Symmetry in Physical Law
- The Distinction of Past and Future
- Probability and Uncertainty – The Quantum Mechanical view of Nature
- Seeking New Laws
Each lecture is approximately 55 minutes and is guaranteed to expand your mind, or make you laugh. Regardless, it’s a good way to kill an hour… or seven.