Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988)
Author of Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character
About the Author
Richard Feynman, an American theoretical physicist, received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1942 and worked at Los Alamos, New Mexico, on the atomic bomb during World War II. From 1945 to 1950, he taught at Cornell University and became professor of theoretical physics at the California show more Institute of Technology in 1950. Feynman made important contributions to quantum electrodynamics (QED) and electromagnetic interactions, such as interactions among electrons. In Feynman's approach, interactions are considered exchanges of virtual particles. For example, Feynman explained the interaction of two electrons as an exchange of virtual photons. Feynman's theory has proved to be accurate in its predictions. In 1965 the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to three pioneers in quantum electrodynamics: Feynman, Julian Schwinger, and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. Feynman was an outspoken critic of NASA for its failure to notice flaws in the design of the Challenger space shuttle, which resulted in its tragic explosion. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Richard P. Feynman
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman (2005) 1,020 copies
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 2 : Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter (1964) — Author — 822 copies
Quantum Mechanics (The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Complete Audio Collection, Volume I) (1968) 24 copies
Selected Papers of Richard Feynman: With Commentary (World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics) (2000) 17 copies
Advanced Quantum Mechanics (The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Complete Audio Collection, Volume 2) (1968) 11 copies
The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Complete Audio Collection, Volume 9 (2000) — Author — 10 copies
Nutrition in crisis : flawed studies, misleading advice, and the real science of human metabolism (2019) 7 copies
The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Complete Audio Collection: Volume 13: Feynman on Fields (2001) 7 copies
The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Volume 14, Feynman on Electricity and Magnetism, Part 1 (2001) 6 copies
La fisica di Feynman. Ediz. italiana e inglese vol. 4 - Consigli per risolvere i problemi di fisica (2007) 6 copies
The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Complete Audio Collection, Volume 8 (Audiocassettes) (2000) 5 copies
Los Alamos From Below 4 copies
The Feynman Lectures on Physics on CD: Feynman on masers and light; Feynman on Quantum Mechanics and Electromagnetism,… (2010) 4 copies
La nature des lois physiques 3 copies
Symmetries in elementary particle physics : 1964 International School of Physics "Ettore Majorana," a CERN-MPI-NATO… (2013) 3 copies
Richard P. Feynman 3 copies
Feynman : lições de física 3 copies
Richard Feynman: Richard Feynman . Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, The Feynman Lectures on Physics , What Do… (2011) 3 copies
FÍSICA EM SEIS LIÇÕES 2 copies
A Feynman-előadások fizikából IV. 2 copies
Lecciones de Fisica de Feynman: I. Mecanica, Radiacion Y Calor (Ediciones científicas universitarias / University… (2018) 2 copies
To snad nemslite vazne! 1 copy
Fenmanove prednasky z fyziky 1 copy
Genius 1 copy
O povaze fyzikalnich zakonu 1 copy
Exercises and Solutions for Richard Feynman Lectures on Physics - Volumes I, II, and III (1964) 1 copy
Richard Feynman 1 copy
Plenty of Room at the Bottom 1 copy
What Is Science? 1 copy
Tiny Machines [DVD] 1 copy
Έξι εύκολα κομμάτια 1 copy
Mai fizika 6 : Elektromágneses indukció : Maxwell-egyenletek : Relativisztikus elektrodinamika 1 copy
La Fisica di feynman. Volume I, Parte 2. Principalmente sulla meccanica, radiazione e calore (1975) 1 copy
Optika anyaghullámok 1 copy
Lectures on Gravitation 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Feynman, Richard P.
- Legal name
- Feynman, Richard Phillips
- Birthdate
- 1918-05-11
- Date of death
- 1988-02-15
- Burial location
- Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, California, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Far Rockaway, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Cause of death
- kidney failure
abdominal cancer - Education
- Princeton University (PhD|1942)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (AB|1939) - Occupations
- theoretical physicist
university professor
musician
writer - Relationships
- Feynman, Joan (sister)
Wheeler, John Archibald (thesis adviser)
Bethe, Hans (supervisor at Los Alamos)
Hirshberg, Charles (nephew) - Organizations
- Manhattan Project
Cornell University
California Institute of Technology
University of Wisconsin
American Physical Society - Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (1965)
Oersted Medal (1972)
National Medal of Science (1979)
Putnam Fellowship (1939)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
National Academy of Sciences (resigned 1959) (show all 10)
Foreign Member, Royal Society (1965)
Albert Einstein Award (1954)
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1962)
National Medal of Science (1979)
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- Works
- 189
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- Members
- 36,331
- Popularity
- #508
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 454
- ISBNs
- 703
- Languages
- 24
- Favorited
- 151