Keeping with the theme of the last few weeks of science history videos, I couldn’t resist this very enthusiastic paean to physicist Richard Feynman, “The Great Explainer”. We posted some BBC footage of Feynman himself a few years ago, but this one, from SciShow, tells the story of his life, from the Manhattan Project, to Feynman Diagrams to figuring out why the space shuttle Challenger exploded. It does a nice job of capturing both the joy that Feynman brought to his research and his incredible gift for communicating complex concepts.
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About David Crotty
I am the Editorial Director, Journals Policy for Oxford University Press. I oversee journal policy and contribute to strategy across OUP’s journals program, drive technological innovation, serve as an information officer, and manage a suite of research society-owned journals. I was previously an Executive Editor with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, creating and editing new science books and journals, and was the Editor in Chief for Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. I received my Ph.D. in Genetics from Columbia University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech before moving from the bench to publishing. I have been elected to the STM Association Board and serve on the interim Board of Directors for CHOR Inc., a not-for-profit public-private partnership to increase public access to research.
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