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Richard Feynman
Developing quantum electrodynamics tools and explaining physics with unusual clarity.
Feynman diagrams · The Feynman Lectures on Physics
- Born
- 11 May 1918
- Birthplace
- New York City, United States
- Died
- 15 February 1988
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Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman was an American physicist who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga.
Early life
Far Rockaway childhood
Grew up experimenting with radios and learning through practical questions.
MIT and Princeton
Studied physics at MIT and completed his doctorate at Princeton.
Career
- 1940s
Los Alamos
Worked on the Manhattan Project.
- 1940s–1950s
Quantum electrodynamics
Developed new methods for calculating particle interactions.
- 1950 onward
Caltech
Spent most of his later career researching and teaching there.
- 1986
Challenger investigation
Served on the commission investigating the shuttle disaster.
Contributions
Feynman diagrams
Created a visual language linked to calculations of particle interactions.
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Produced an influential teaching series with colleagues.
QED
Explained light and matter for a broad audience.
Beyond physics
Music and drawing
Played percussion and pursued drawing.
Public stories
His autobiographical books mixed scientific episodes with personal anecdotes.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Nobel Prize: award and biography ↗Photo: Unknown author Unknown author. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
