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Fun to Imagine

  • 1983
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~11m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.7/10

Richard Feynman, theoretical physicist, enjoys thinking aloud about the adventures science can offer. Back in 1983, the BBC aired Fun to Imagine, a television series hosted by Richard Feynman that used physics to explain how the everyday world works – “why rubber bands are stretchy, why tennis balls can’t bounce forever, and what you’re really seeing when you look in the mirror.” In case you’re not familiar with him, Feynman was a Nobel prize-winning physicist who had a gift for many things, including popularizing science and particularly physics.

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Gifted physicist Richard Feynman (1918-88) was known as the 'great explainer' due to his ability to help non-scientists imagine something of the beauty and order of the universe as he saw it. In this series, Feynman looks at the mysterious forces that make ordinary things happen and, in doing so, answers questions about why rubber bands are stretchy, why tennis balls can't bounce for ever and what you're really seeing when you look in the mirror.

  1. E1. Jiggling Atoms

    Jul 8, 1983 · 11m

    Feynman discusses Jiggling Atoms

  2. E2. Stretching, Pulling and Pushing

    Jul 15, 1983 · 11m

  3. E3. How to Enjoy a Trip to the Dentist

    Jul 22, 1983 · 11m

  4. E4. How Mirrors Turn You Inside Out

    Jul 29, 1983 · 11m

  5. E5. Big Numbers

    Aug 5, 1983 · 11m

  6. E6. Ways of Thinking

    Aug 12, 1983 · 11m

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Richard Feynman

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