Monthly Archive: Agosto 2010

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Richard Feynman – No Ordinary Genius

BBC Horizon explores the life and times of Richard Feynman – through the eyes of the man himself and his family

BBC Horizon explores the life and times of Richard Feynman – through the eyes of the man himself and his family.

Many aspects of this documentary have been used before in Horizon and Nova episodes, the Messenger series is also refferenced.

Presented with his charismatic, passion and zest for life …

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Richard Feynman: The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out

Professor Richard Feynman of Caltech talks about his life and career

Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman was one of the most brilliant theorical physicists and original thinkers of the 20th century. He rebuilt the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and it was for this work that he won the Nobel Prize in 1965.

In 1981, he gave Horizon a candid intervew, talking about …

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Richard Feynman: Fun to Imagine

Using physics to explain how the world works

Richard Feynman (1918-88) was one of the most remarkable and gifted theoretical physicists of any generation. He was also known as the ‘Great Explainer’ because of his passion for helping non-scientists to imagine something of the beauty and order of the universe as he saw it.

In this series, Feynman …

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Pythagoras

This Documentary describes Pythagoras. It was produced by Cromwell Productions in 1996.

This Documentary describes Pythagoras. It was produced by Cromwell Productions in 1996.

Pythagoras (fl. 530 BCE) must have been one of the world’s greatest men, but he wrote nothing, and it is hard to say how much of the doctrine we know as Pythagorean is due to the founder of …

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Cubo de Rubik tem solução universal: 20 movimentos

Investigadores britânicos precisaram de super computador da Google para processar cálculos

Encontrar a solução para o cubo de Rubik já deu voltas à cabeça de milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo. Muitas nunca conseguiram completar o jogo criado em 1974 pelo arquitecto húngaro Ernõ Rubik.

Em 1981, o matemático

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A Vida Secreta do Caos

O Professor Jim Al-Khalili tenta descobrir um dos grandes mistérios da ciência

The Secret Life of Chaos

A teoria do caos tem um mau nome, evocando imagens de clima imprevisível, falhas económicas e ciência errada. Mas há um lado fascinante e escondido do Caos, que os cientistas só agora começam a entender.

Acontece que a teoria do caos responde a uma pergunta …