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Last week the California Institute of Technology announced that the full text of Richard Feynman’s Lectures On Physics are now available online for free, at feynmanlectures.caltech.edu. You’ve perhaps ...

A special Friday night at Caltech will offer the public an opportunity to learn about the next frontier of space exploration before joining a guided stargazing session outside the ...

Over the decades, Feynman’s lectures have taken on a legendary status. CORRECTED PER NOTE BELOW: The Caltech lectures were also edited and illustrated to become the basis of one of Feynman’s most ...

PASADENA – If legendary physicist Richard Feynman has a ghost, it surely summers at Caltech – or at least indulges in a regular nightcap there among the manicured lawns. The seminal lecture series he ...