Microsoft CEO Bill Gates recently took a trip to CERN with his ten year old son who
has a strong interest in physics and announced that Richard Feynman's Messenger
Lecturers from the 1960s will soon be made by him available for free to all - as all
education and knowledge should be.

The quote by Gates from the following article:

"We need more kids doing maths and physics – it’s good for them and it’s good for the peaceful innovation of the world," he said. But in Gates’ opinion part of the problem is the way science is taught. "Even some very bright people can find science intimidating and uninteresting. But it can be explained well," he continued.

"I just bought the rights to the Feynman ‘Messenger Lectures’ that he gave in Cornell [University] in the 1960s. The BBC filmed Feynman giving what I think are the best physics lectures I have ever seen. So we are going to make these lectures free for anyone to watch."

The CERN Bulletin article URL:

http://cdsweb.cern.ch/journal/article?issue=26/2009&name=CERNBulletin&category=News%20Articles&number=6&ln=en