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Cornell University·Richard Feynman

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The Character of Physical Law: The Distinction of Past and Future, Part 5

Richard Feynman

Cornell University

46:10·2018·graduate level

Richard Feynman's fifth Messenger Lecture at Cornell University examines the fundamental distinction between past and future, exploring concepts like entropy and the arrow of time in physical systems.

Physics Classical & Statistical Mechanics Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics Time Asymmetry Entropy Richard Feynman

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Richard Feynman

Nobel Prize in Physics (1965)

Nobel Laureate in Physics renowned for quantum electrodynamics, path-integral formulation, and The Feynman Lectures on Physics.

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