Richard Feynman is considered to be one of the most important physicists of all time. He was a pioneer in quantum electrodynamics, won a Nobel Prize, and contributed to  solutions to many physics-related questions and problems. Though much of his work would be unintelligible to most of us, it has at its core a simplicity that merits our attention. Feynman believed that even the most difficult concepts needed to be broken down to their simplest forms, expressing concise thought and using easily understood language. His premise is that once you identify a subject you want to learn about and try to make it easily understood by a child (using plain language and making the lesson as brief as possible) you can then identify what you don’t know, go back and review your information sources, and provide a clear explanation of a more complex idea. Continue reading →