Imagination, Physics, Fire & Trees - Richard Feynman

Our universe is easier to understand when we use our imaginations. In this excerpt (with English subtitles) from the BBC series "Fun to Imagine," Nobel physicist Richard Feynman (1918 1988) explains how heat and fire works from the perspective of atoms, how trees are made mostly of water and air elements (held together by sun light), and the flames we see when wood burns is actually energy from the sun being released- as carbon (in wood) and oxygen atoms (in the air) rush together because of their natural attraction to each other...

HD upload of all six episodes of the BBC series FUN TO IMAGINE with physicist and Nobel laureate Richard Feynman enjoying himself talking about science can be found here. With Chinese and English subtitles.    • HD Feynman: FUN TO IMAGINE complete (...  

This was originally shot on 16mm film at Feynman's house in Altadena, California, and first broadcast on BBC2 in July 1983.