Feynman's Messenger Lecture 1: The Law of Gravitation
TalkReelTV · Lecture · YouTube title: Richard Feynman Messenger Lectures at Cornell The Character of Physical Law Part 1 The Law of Gravitation
Why it's here
Commenters cite it as a classic of physics lectures for laypeople that they watch and rewatch, though the audio quality is noted as poor.
What it covers
The first of Richard Feynman's 1964 Messenger Lectures at Cornell, 'The Character of Physical Law', covering the law of gravitation. Feynman traces the history from Kepler and Newton to the universality of the inverse-square law. The recording is an older one with weak audio.