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Richard Feynman
API 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!. Cite error: There are tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{Reflist}} template or a tag (see the help page).
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