He spent most of his time at Caltech

他投入很多時間在加州理工

the idea of quantum physics,

量子物理的研究中

where all these particles are interacting in mysterious ways

裡面談到所有分子都用難以解釋的方式互相作用

he came up with a thing called Feynman diagrams that he won the Nobel Prize for.

他想到用一個叫做 Feynman 圖的方式解釋，使他贏得了諾貝爾獎

Perhaps even more importantly he was an amazing teacher.

或許更重要的是，他是個很棒的老師

He did a series of lectures

他講授一系列的課

which were for people who didn't specialize in physics.

那些課程是為了那些不是物理專業的人開設的

It's such a great example of how he could explain things

有個很棒的一個例子是，他可以用有趣又好玩的方式，解釋物理學給任何人聽

in a fun and interesting way to anyone.

有個很棒的一個例子是，他可以用有趣的方式，解釋物理學給任何人聽

And he was very funny.

他本人也非常有趣

Incidently at the time of Kepler,

順帶一提，在克普勒那個年代，

the problem of what drove the planets around the sun

是什麼在驅使星體繞著太陽

was answered by some people

一些人解釋了這個問題

by saying that there were angels behind here,

説有天使在這些星體後面拉著它們

beating their wings and pushing the planet along

振著翅膀，沿著軌道拉著這些星體

around in orbit.

振著翅膀，沿著軌道拉著這些星體

As we'll see that answer is not very far from the truth,

如同我們之後會知道的，這答案離事實不遠

the only difference is

唯一的不同是，

that the angels sit in a different direction

天使是在不同的方向

and their wings go…

而他們的翅膀在...

Dr. Feynman used a tough process on himself,

Feynman 博士自己用了一個困難的理解步驟

where if he didn't really understand something,

在這個步驟中，他如果不是真的理解某些事情

he would push himself:

他會問他自己說：

"Do I understand this boundary case?"

「我真的理解這些領域嗎？」

"Do I understand why we don't do it this other way?"

「我理解為何我們不用其他方式做這件事情嗎？」

"Do I really understand this?"

「我真的理解這個嗎？」

And because he had pushed himself to have such a deep understanding,

因為他曾驅使他自己，去深入地理解

his ability to take you through the path of the different possibilities-- was incredible.

所以他能夠引領你通往各種不同可能的能力，是很驚人的

Oxygen for instance in the air,

舉個例子，空氣中的氧氣，

would like to be next to carbon

可能在碳分子旁邊

and if they get near each other they'll snap together.

如果這兩種分子在附近，他們會緊靠在一起

If you can get it faster,

如果你用某一種方式加熱，使它更快結合

by heating it up somehow, some way,

如果你用某一種方式加熱，使它更快結合

they come close enough to the carbon and snap in,

氧分子靠碳分子到足夠近的距離，然後它們就會緊抓在一起

and that gives it a lot of jiggly motion.

這會造成相當大的搖擺運動

Which might hit some other atoms making those go faster

這會打到一些其他的原子，使得其他的原子也加速了

so they can climb up and bump against other

所以它們會爬升然後撞到其他碳原子

carbon atoms

所以它們會爬升然後撞到其他碳原子

and they jiggle

然後它們搖晃

and make others jiggle and you get a terrible catastrophe.

並且使得其他原子也搖晃，然後你就得到一個可怕的災難

That catastrophe is a fire.

這個可怕的災難就是火

He's taking something that

他用了某個

is a little mysterious to most people

對大多數人來說有點神秘的東西

and using very simple concepts

並用簡單的觀念

to explain how it works.

解釋他如何運作

He doesn't even tell you he's talking about fire until the very end

他甚至沒有告訴你他正在談論火，直到最後一刻

and you feel like you're kinda figuring it out together with him.

然後你覺得你好像理解了，而且是和他一起

Feynman made science so fascinating,

Feynman 使得科學變得吸引人

he reminded us how much fun it is

它提醒我們科覺多麽有趣

and everybody can have a pretty full understanding,

每個人都可以全面地去理解

So he's such a joyful example of how we'd all like to

所以他是多麽令人愉悅的例子，這個例子使我們全都喜歡去學習，去思考事情

learn and think about things.

所以他是多麽令人愉悅的例子，這個例子使我們全都喜歡去學習，去思考事情