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Richard Feynman
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Born
Richard Phillips Feynman
(1918-05-11)May 11, 1918
Manhattan, New York
Died
February 15, 1988(1988-02-15) (aged 69)
Los Angeles, California
Residence
United States
Nationality
American
Fields
Theoretical physics
Institutions
Manhattan Project
Cornell University
California Institute of Technology
Alma mater
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.),
Princeton University (Ph.D.)
Doctoral advisor
John Archibald Wheeler
Other academic advisors
Manuel Sandoval Vallarta
Doctoral students
F. L. Vernon, Jr.
Willard H. Wells
Al Hibbs
George Zweig
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz
Thomas Curtright
Other notable students
Douglas D. Osheroff
Robert Barro
W. Daniel Hillis
Known for
Bethe–Feynman formula
Feynman checkerboard
Feynman diagrams
Feynman gauge
Feynman–Kac formula
Feynman Long Division Puzzles
Feynman parametrization
Feynman point
Feynman propagator
Feynman slash notation
Feynman sprinkler
Hellmann–Feynman theorem
Feynman-Smoluchowski ratchet
Feynman–Stueckelberg interpretation
Nanotechnology
One-electron universe
Path integral formulation
Quantum computing
Quantum electrodynamics
Quantum cellular automata
Sticky bead argument
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Universal quantum simulator
Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory
Influences
Paul Dirac
Influenced
Freeman Dyson
Notable awards
Albert Einstein Award (1954)
E. O. Lawrence Award (1962)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1965)
Oersted Medal (1972)
National Medal of Science (1979)
Spouse
Arline Greenbaum (m. 1941–1945)(deceased)
Mary Louise Bell (m. 1952–1954)
Gweneth Howarth (m. 1960–1988) (his death)
Signature
Notes
He was the father of Carl Feynman and adoptive father of Michelle Feynman. He was the brother of Joan Feynman.
Richard Phillips Feynman (pron.: /'fa?nm?n/; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics (he proposed the parton model). For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman, jointly with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965. He developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. During his lifetime, Feynman became one of the best-known scientists in the world. In a 1999 poll of 130 leading physicists worldwide by the British journal Physics World he was ranked as one of the ten greatest physicists of all time.He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb and was a member of the Rogers Commission, the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In addition to his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing and introducing the concept of nanotechnology. He held the Richard Chace Tolman professorship in theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology.Feynman was a keen popularizer of physics through both books and lectures, notably a 1959 talk on top-down nanotechnology called There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom, and the three volume publication of his undergraduate lectures, The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Feynman also became known through his semi-autobiographical books, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! and What Do You Care What Other People Think?, and books written about him, such as Tuva or Bust!.
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