Beauty and the Unseen

Part of the Feynman Series, this video adds beautiful insight to a portion of Richard Feynman's narration of The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. One beautiful point made in the first half of Beauty is the contrast between how an artist and a scientist might view beauty. Feynman points out that while an artist might have a more "refined sense of aesthetic" than a scientist, a scientist might see the flower not only for the immediate impression of its' beauty. He observes that a scientist might also see the hidden and unseen forces (such as the evolutionary need to attract insects) that have caused the flower to look as wonderfully as it does.

Richard Feynman was a famous professor of Physics. He also explored his own more traditional visual artistry.