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'''Project Tuva''' was a collaborative research project between [[Bill Gates]] and [[Microsoft Research]] in 2009 demonstrating the potential value of an interactive video player platform for learning.
'''Project Tuva''' is an enhanced video player platform released by [[Microsoft Research]] to host the [[Messenger Lectures]] series titled [[The Character of Physical Law]] given at Cornell University by [[Richard Feynman]] in 1964 and recorded by the BBC.<ref>{{cite news |first=Timothy Prickett |last=Morgan |work=The Register |title=Microsoft hosts Feynman lecture series |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/15/microsoft_feynman_lectures/ |date=July 15, 2009}}</ref> The project was a collaborative effort between [[Bill Gates]] and [[Microsoft Research]] that is designed to demonstrate the potential of enhanced video to teach people about the "core scientific concepts" of Feynman's lectures using interactive media. According to his video introduction, Gates saw the lectures when he was younger<ref>[http://news.softpedia.com/news/Access-Project-Tuva-for-Free-Courtesy-of-Bill-Gates-116778.shtml Access Project Tuva for Free, Courtesy of Bill Gates]</ref>. He enjoyed the physics concepts and Feynman's lecturing style, and later acquired the rights to make the video available to the public. He hopes that this will encourage others to make educational content available for free<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10286732-56.html Bill Gates offers the world a physics lesson]</ref>.▼
==Overview==
Project Tuva was officially released at the [http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/events/fs2009/about.aspx Microsoft Research Faculty Summit], July 13th and 14th, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title = Project Tuva: An interactive video application developed for Microsoft Research |url=http://stimulant.io/wp/index.php/2009/07/project-tuva-for-microsoft-research/ |accessdate = 2009-07-15 }}</ref> At its inception, Project Tuva included video of the lectures with expert commentary from Stephen D. Ellis of the University of Washington and the Student Physics Society at the University of Washington. The [[Silverlight]] application also includes text search over transcripts (which are shown synchronized with the video), support for time-stamped note-taking, and "Extras" that complement the video with external links, formulae, interactive demonstrations, and embedded [[WorldWide Telescope]] astronomical objects and tours. Upon release the Extras and commentary were only available for the first of the seven lectures: ''The Law of Gravitation - An Example of Physical Law'', with the others promised later in 2009. In April of 2011 Tuva was updated with new content and extras curated by MIT Jane and Otto Morningstar Professor of Physics Robert Jaffe.▼
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▲Project Tuva was officially released at the
The project gets its name from a late-life goal of Feynman's; namely, that he would someday travel to the Russian land of [[Tuva]]. Unfortunately, he was never allowed to travel to Tuva during his lifetime, with permission from the Russian government coming the day following his death. The name then invokes the idea that a dream of his is now accomplished - not, of course, traveling to Tuva, but rather that the world may now be able to appreciate physics the way he did.▼
▲The project gets its name from a late-life goal of Feynman's; namely, that he would someday travel to the
== Content released under Project Tuva ==
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!Content Number
!Title
!Narrated By
!Duration
!Link
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|'''Introduction'''
|''Richard Feynman: Making Science Easy''
|[[Bill Gates]]
|2:16
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOoJh6oYAXE]
|-
|'''#1'''
|''Law of Gravitation — An Example of Physical Law''
|[[Richard Feynman]]
|55:37
|[https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/fml.html#1]
|-
|'''#2'''
|''The Relation of Mathematics and Physics''
|[[Richard Feynman]]
|55:32
|[https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/fml.html#2]
|-
|'''#3'''
|''The Great Conservation Principles''
|[[Richard Feynman]]
|56:03
|[https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/fml.html#3]
|-
|'''#4'''
|''Symmetry in Physical Law''
|[[Richard Feynman]]
|57:06
|[https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/fml.html#4]
|-
|'''#5'''
|''The Distinction of the Past and Future''
|[[Richard Feynman]]
|46:00
|[https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/fml.html#5]
|-
|'''#6'''
|''Probability and Uncertainty – The Quantum Mechanical View of Nature''
|[[Richard Feynman]]
|56:32
|[https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/fml.html#6]
|-
|'''#7'''
|''Seeking New Laws''
|[[Richard Feynman]]
|57:56
|[https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/fml.html#7]
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/messenger.html Feynman's Messenger Lectures]
*[https://www.gatesnotes.com/Education/The-Best-Teacher-I-Never-Had The best teacher I never had]
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