Feynman's lecture was, in truth, a very minor incident in his brilliant career, but if we were to look for the source of its later power, the starting point must be the figure of Feynman himself.

Richard Feynman (1918-88) was one of the most remarkable and gifted theoretical physicists of any generation. He was also known as the 'Great Explainer' because of his passion for helping non ...

Who was Richard Feynman and what did he actually say about nanotechnology? Back in 1959 it was only six years since Crick and Watson had determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the laser and ...