Richard Feynman
Richard Phillips Feynman was an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics with Julian Schwinger and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga "for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics (QED), with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles". He is also known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and the parton model.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Far Rockaway
- Educated at
- Princeton UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyFar Rockaway High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Nobel Prize in Physics🏆 Albert Einstein Award🏆 Putnam Fellow
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 John Archibald Wheeler
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 George Zweig
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"I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."
"The first one has to do with whether a man knows what he is talking about, whether what he says has some basis or not. And my trick that I use is very easy. If you ask him intelligent questions — that…"
"Perhaps you will not only have some appreciation of this culture; it is even possible that you may want to join in the greatest adventure that the human mind has ever begun."
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1918
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