The feynman lectures on physics vol 3 by richard p. Richard feynman 19181988 was a leading american physicist and educator based at california institute of technology. The sequel, what do you care what other people think. For the newbie like me, classic feynman provided a wonderful glimpse into the life of this hilarious scientist. He played a major role in shaping modern quantum physics, computer design, and nanotechnology. The challenger disaster, an original science channel. Richard feynman, the challenger disaster, and software engineering feb 20th, 2008 on january 28th, 1986, space shuttle challenger was launched at 11. Introduction f1 it appears that there are enormous differences of opinion as to the probability of a failure with loss of vehicle and of human life. After the space shuttle challenger and its crew were destroyed in a fiery, catastrophic explosion on january 28, 1986, nasa appointed members of the rogers. Krauss describes the scientific contributions, and unique mind, of nobel prizewinner richard. Richard feynman and the space shuttle challenger investigation. Its definitely light on science as one would expect the humanness of the subject, though, made this reader stop and think briefly more than once about personal philosophies and relationships.
The film the challenger disaster another coverup global. Based on the true story of richard feynman s last adventure as a member of the rogers commission investigating the loss of the challenger, it shows the politics and cya environments within nasa at the time, and the infighting between nasa and the dod. The complete fun to imagine with richard feynman bbc2 in. On the commission was perhaps the most famous of the twentieth century, richard feynman. A graphic novel biography of richard feynman safecracking the quantum physics way, or what the challenger disaster has to do with bongo drums. Jan 28, 20 the space shuttle challenger disintegrated shortly after liftoff 27 years ago today. Feynman and the rogers commission by roger m boisjoly.
The movie, based on his book, what do you care what. After the space shuttle challenger and its crew were destroyed in a fiery, catastrophic explosion on january 28, 1986, nasa appointed members of the rogers commission to investigate the cause of the disaster. It leaves out much of the structure and framework of an autobiography and skims over what a conventional biography would treat as the meat of feynman s career much of the physics, much of his personal life, almost the entirety of his teaching career. All the adventures of a curious character, and six easy pieces. The challenger disaster draws upon the late physicists memoir what do you care what. Scientist richard feynman the heart of the challenger disaster. Sep 27, 2019 description of surely youre joking, mr. Richard feynman left and neil armstrong right appearing before the rogers commission in 1986 to testify before the u. Richard feynman s brutal assessment of the challenger disaster is a lesson to remember.
Richard feynman 19181988 was a nobel prize winning physicist and one of the bestknown scientists. The challenger disaster, the science channels first foray into scripted programming, focuses on richard feynmans efforts to uncover the truths behind the 1986 disaster. It isnt really a book, but richard feynman s appendix to the challenger disaster report is still definitely something you should read. Mar 17, 2020 challenger disaster, explosion of the u. Richard feynman, a brilliant california physicist, avowed atheist and cancer patient who, in the wake of the challenger explosion tastefully dealt with via video in the first five.
At a hearing of the presidential commission investigating the 1986 space shuttle challenger disaster, richard feynman conducted an. Richard feynman s investigation into the space shuttle challenger s 1986 explosion. Physicist richard feynman had a hand in determining the reason for the disaster. Feynman was undoubtedly one of the great names of twentieth century science, and a remarkable individual. When he was asked to be a part of this commission, feynman rather reluctantly accepted. Physicist richard feynman makes a point during a hearing presented by a presidential commission investigating the challenger disaster in 1986. But when i heard the movie was a drama starring william hurt as richard feynman. It reveals the shockingly poor communication between the engineers who built the shuttle and nasa management, culminating in feynman s demonstration on live tv. Adventures of a curious character 1 st edition is an amazing scientist biography book.
Following the tragedy a commission was set up to get to the bottom of the disaster and uncover the cause of shuttle failure. The film was coproduced by the bbc, the science channel, and open university, and. One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, richard feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. He attracted a following for his college lectures on physics, which he published, and for his iconoclastic personality. When i first heard about the tv movie, the challenger disaster, i shrugged it off, thinking it would be a shallow, politicallycorrect tribute to the people who died in the space shuttle challenger s 1984 postliftoff explosion. Its not particularly long, but its educational and relevant not just as an example of critical thinking in action, but as a reminder not to. In 1986 he somewhat reluctantly agreed to join the rogers commission, whose task was to investigate the challenger disaster. Its not like investigating the disaster was some giant sherlockholmesgrade mystery, or even a scoobydoograde mystery. Its not particularly long, but its educational and relevant not just as an example of critical thinking in action, but as a reminder not to fool oneself. The higher figures come from the working engineers, and the very low figures from management. Feynman was born in 1918 and grew up in far rockaway, new york. I met richard feynman during very tough personal circumstances while on the receiving end of questions during the investigation of the challenger disaster. Feynman introduction it appears that there are enormous. Richard feynman s instrumental role in uncovering the truth behind the space shuttle challenger disaster of 1986.
In feynmans honor, ive strung three 90second excerpts together to show what passion feynman brought to the subject of elementary algebra. In 1986 he served with distinction on the rogers commission investigating the space shuttle challenger disaster. Jan 27, 2016 richard feynmans brutal assessment of the challenger disaster is a lesson to remember. A famous physicists simple experiment showed the inevitability of. Being a physics and space exploration fanatic, this is the perfect movie for me. Anyway i must have read about a quarter of the book when i got tired and went home, determined to come back tomorrow to read some more.
Adventures of a curious character 1 st edition is a wonderful book about a wonderful man description of surely youre joking, mr. Concentrates less on feynmans physics although there a few 23page illustrated lectures, and more on his life. This exhilarating book also records feynman s valiant tenyear struggle with cancer, his battle with nasa bureaucracy as he tried to unearth the truth about the challenger disaster as a member of the rogers commission, and an extraordinary friendship between two zany strategists that ended only with feynman s death. The challenger disaster and richard feynman youtube. It was based upon feynmans book what do you care what other people think. Feynman, a professor at the california institute of technology and 1965 recipient of the nobel prize in physics, was a member of the. Why you should read feynmans appendix to the challenger. The book gives a very interesting firsthand account from someone that was intimately involved with the decisions about the challenger launch. One mans search for the cause of the challenger tragedy. Tenacity, skepticism, courage and lack of conflictsofinterest. Although press materials call it a fictional drama, the challenger disaster which is also showing on the discovery channel the same night.
The challenger disaster follows the story of nobel prizewinning scientist richard feynmans role on the presidential commission charged with determining the cause of the space shuttle challengers explosion over cape canaveral, fl, on january 28, 1986. One of the commissions bestknown members was theoretical physicist richard feynman. In this substantial graphic novel biography, first second presents the largerthanlife exploits of nobelwinning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, worldclass raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century. Oct 02, 2017 it isnt really a book, but richard feynmans appendix to the challenger disaster report is still definitely something you should read. A famous physicists simple experiment showed the inevitability of the challenger disaster. May 11, 1918 february 15, 1988 was an american theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics for which he proposed the parton model. The report, released and submitted to president ronald reagan on 9 june 1986, both determined the cause of the disaster that took place 73 seconds after liftoff, and urged nasa to improve and install new safety features on the. Drawing largely from the late physicist richard feynman s memoir titled what do you care what other people think. June 1986 interview of richard feynman on the challenger disaster footage taken from. But he was continuously flummoxed and frustrated at the fact that reading information through a book was one of the least educationally efficient ways of actually absorbing the material. A new drama follows acclaimed scientist richard feynman s search for the truth in the wake of the nasa challenger disaster. This amazing movie starring william hurt about richard feynman s investigation into the challenger space shuttle disaster of 1986 is a bbc science channel open university production, and it has.
The rogers commission report was created by a presidential commission charged with investigating the space shuttle challenger disaster during its 10th mission, sts51l. In more human terms, this means that whenever you buy a book on amazon from a link on here, i. The challenger 20, a bbc two factual drama starring william hurt, tells the story of american nobel prizewinning physicist richard feynmans determination to reveal the truth behind the 1986 space shuttle challenger disaster. I knew nothing about richard feynman before reading this book. In a scene from the challenger disaster, william hurt portrays richard feynman as he investigates the 1986 space shuttle explosion. The challenger formerly titled feynman and the challenger is a made for tv movie which first aired on the bbc on march 18th 20.
Challenger on the launchpad arrow indicating leaking oring on srb after the space shuttle challenger and its crew were destroyed in a fiery, catastrophic explosion on january 28, 1986, nasa appointed members of the rogers commission to investigate the cause of the disaster. Scientist richard feynman the heart of the challenger. Richard feymans role in bringing to light the technical causes of the space shuttle challenger tragedy after the crash of challenger on january 28, 1986. Oscarwinning star william hurt heads a stellar cast in this gripping drama about the brilliant and charismatic us physicist richard feynman, who helped uncover the secrets behind the challenger disaster. Richard feynman, the great american physicist, wrote a detailed report on risk following the space shuttle challenger disaster, entitled personal observations on the reliability of the shuttle. Inside the space shuttle challenger disaster, feynmans what do you care what other people think. This collection of stories did seem to drag on at times, but i enjoyed feynmans stories so much. A scene from science channel s the challenger disaster, from left, richard feynman william hurt, sally ride eve best, chairman rogers brian dennehy and general kutyna bruce greenwood. How was richard feynman able to investigate the space. Science channels first scripted drama, the challenger disaster, tells the riveting story of dr. The team included astronauts neil armstrong and sally ride, as well as the prolific theoretical physicist and author richard feynman. A graphic novel biography of richard feynman brain pickings. Richard feynman, scientist, teacher, raconteur, and drummer.
The challenger disaster is a 20 tv movie starring william hurt about richard feynmans investigation into the 1986 space shuttle challenger disaster. Aside from the movies, many of the investigations key players have analyzed the disaster in books including allan mcdonalds truth, lies, and orings. Richard feynman 19181988 was a nobel prize winning physicist and one of the bestknown scientists of his time. Jan 27, 20 space shuttle challenger disaster in 1986. Richard feynman, the challenger disaster, and software. May 19, 2015 june 1986 interview of richard feynman on the challenger disaster footage taken from s.
May 02, 2015 failures are a fact of life and although some try to hide them in one way or another, theres always people that find things out, such as the genius of richard feynman. I was the principal engineer on the srm joints and one of the morton thiokol mti engineers who made the futile attempt to stop the launch. This collection of stories did seem to drag on at times, but i enjoyed feynman s stories so much. It reveals the shockingly poor communication between the engineers who built the shuttle and nasa management, culminating in feynmans demonstration on live tv. The second volume of recollections edited by ralph leighton centres on feynman s time on the committee that investigated the shuttle challenger disaster. Richard feynman, lectures books videos compact discs dvds. Written by nonfiction comics mainstay jim ottaviani and brilliantly illustrated by first second author leland. The man who brought about that closure, brilliant scientist richard feynman, is the protagonist who drives the challenger disaster.
The challenger disaster covers the explosion inquiry and the key finding by dr. The complete fun to imagine with richard feynman bbc2 in higher resolution. The space shuttle challenger disintegrated shortly after liftoff 27 years ago today. It gives enough technical information for a basic understanding of the issues at hand, but certainly is not a technical. I read the book standing up, having no idea who feynman was. Essentials of physics explained by its most brilliant teacher, and more on. I hope this day finds you as excited as ever about the wonders of the world that surround us every day. Richard feynman is the quantum man in his new book, quantum man, physicist and writer lawrence m. Academy awardwinning actor william hurt stars as the brilliant physicist and is joined in the film by an allstar cast including bruce greenwood, brian dennehy, eve best, joanne whalley. The book, prepared as feynman struggled with a rare form of cancer, was the last of his autobiographical works the first section presents a series of humorous stories from different periods of his life, while the second chronicles his involvement on the rogers commission investigating the space shuttle challenger disaster. Oct 03, 2017 it isnt really a book, but richard feynmans appendix to the challenger disaster report is still definitely something you should read. The second volume of recollections edited by ralph leighton centres on feynmans time on the committee that investigated the shuttle challenger disaster.
You can also check out the case for pluto, my book about the controversial dwarf. Apr 01, 2012 this was an excellent book for anyone with an interest in the challenger disaster. Oct 22, 20 the film the challenger disaster highlights dr. Based upon feynman s book what do you care what other people think.
Feynman adventures of a curious character, but it is still a gem. Ive read much by and about feynman and this graphic novel is a nice summary of those things. Richard feynman, what do you care what other people think. I have been mildly challenger obsessed since the day it blew up, and more so after studying the disaster in college. I didnt buy the book because it was very expensive all imported books are. The estimates range from roughly 1 in 100 to 1 in 100,000.
How was richard feynman able to investigate the space shuttle. He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb, expanded the understanding of quantumelectrodynamics, translated mayan hieroglyphics, and cut to the heart of the challenger disaster. Jun 02, 2014 a great public display of the power of one curious mind. Appendix f personal observations on reliability of shuttle. Top 5 richard feynman books bbc science focus magazine. Feynman 19181988 was a professor at cornell university and caltech and received the nobel prize for physics in 1965. Feynman was a professor at cornell university and caltech. Part 1 of the book a curious character contains roughly 9 essays spanning feynmans life. Please be aware that the information provided on this page may be out of date, or otherwise inaccurate due to the passage of time. Its not particularly long, but its educational and. All the adventures of a curious character richard p. Congress about the fatal crash of the challenger orbiter.
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