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Richard Feynman Messenger Lectures at Cornell The Character of Physical Law Part 1 The Law of Gravitation

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What it is

The first of Richard Feynman's 1964 Messenger Lectures at Cornell, 'The Character of Physical Law', covering the law of gravitation. Feynman traces the history from Kepler and Newton to the universality of the inverse-square law. The recording is an older one with weak audio.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Commenters cite it as a classic of physics lectures for laypeople that they watch and rewatch, though the audio quality is noted as poor.

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  • first 2021, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Now I watch and re-watch them”

    Feynman physics lecture in a list of lectures for laypeople

    jackdoe, 2025-08 · Recommendation · in “Death and What Comes Next (2002)”

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Topics: feynman, gravity, physical law, messenger lectures, physics

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