'I'm an explorer, OK? I like to find out!' - Richard Feynman
Filmmaker Chistopher Sykes looks into the life and mind of theoretical physicist and adventurer extraordinaire Richard Feynman in this intimate, moving, and quite funny account of the most extraordinary scientist of his age. With a unique combination of dazzling intellect and touching simplicity, Feynman had a passion for physics that was merely the Nobel Prize-winning part of an immense love of life and everything it could offer. He was hugely irreverent and always completely honest—with himself, with his colleagues, and with nature. Sykes used this film (and several other documentaries he made on Feynman) as the basis for his best-selling book of the same name.
Stephen Wolfram is a scientist, author, and business leader. He is the creator of Mathematica, a groundbreaking software program that can quickly perform mathematical calculations and produce three-dimensional graphic images. He is the author of A New Kind of Science, and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. His relationship with Feynman began at Caltech - Wolfram was 18, Feynman was 60 - and they remained close over the course of ten years.