Feynman 100

Event Recap

On May 11 & 12, 2018, Caltech and PMA presented Feynman 100, a celebration of Richard Feynman’s life & legacy on the occasion of his 100th birthday.

The May 11 evening event celebrated his broad contributions to science and society as a scientist, teacher, and curious character. Speakers included: Robbert Dijkgraaf, Freeman Dyson, Joan Feynman, Michelle Feynman, Janna Levin, John Preskill and Kip Thorne, Tom Rosenbaum and Leonard Susskind. The evening also included two special video presentations featuring Bill Gates and words from Richard Feynman.

The May 12th, day-long Scientific Symposium brought leading scientists to Caltech to survey the current frontiers of knowledge and share their vision of where science is heading. As Richard Feynman looked toward the future with enthusiasm and curiosity, these are the talks he would have wanted to attend. Speakers include: Rana Adhikari, Jason Alicea, David Gross, Christopher Monroe, Hirosi Ooguri, Sara Seager, and Michael Turner.

Video Recaps

Watch the highlights reel and videos from the Friday evening event here.

Watch the videos of each lecture from the Saturday Symposium here.

Programs

Click here for a PDF program of Friday night’s events.

Click here for a PDF program of Saturday’s events.

Feynman Exhibit

We invite you to visit “The Mind’s Eye: Richard Feynman in Word and Image”, a Caltech Archives special exhibit telling the story of Feynman’s life and physics by exhibiting the notes and artwork through which he shared his vision.

FRIDAY SPEAKERS

Robbert Dijkgraaf

Director and Leon Levy Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton | Professor, University of Amsterdam

Freeman Dyson

Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton

Joan Feynman

Jet Propulsion Lab (Retired)

Michelle Feynman

Daughter of Richard P. Feynman

Janna Levin

Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University

John Preskill

Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Caltech

Thomas F. Rosenbaum

President, Caltech | Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair and Professor of Physics

Leonard Susskind

Felix Bloch Professor in Physics, Stanford University

Kip Thorne

Nobel Prize, Physics 2017 | Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus, Caltech

SATURDAY SPEAKERS

Rana Adhikari

Professor of Physics, Caltech

Jason Alicea

Professor of Theoretical Physics, Caltech

David Gross

Nobel Prize, Physics 2004 | Chancellor’s Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics and former Director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara

Christopher Monroe

Distinguished University Professor & Bice Seci-Zorn Professor, University of Maryland

Hirosi Ooguri

Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Caltech | Director of the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics

Lisa Randall

Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, Harvard University

Sara Seager

Professor of Planetary Science, Professor of Physics, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering at MIT | Class of 1941 Professor Chair

Michael Turner

Rauner Distinguished Service Professor and Director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago

“ [T]he imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man. ”

RICHARD FEYNMAN

Join us for this wonderful weekend. Tickets can be reserved beginning April 12.

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A two day celebration of Richard Feynman’s life & legacy, on the occasion of his 100th birthday.

A two day celebration of the life and legacy of

Richard Feynman

on the occasion of his 100th birthday.