Richard Feynman

@Scientists, Birthday and Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize winning American physicist who proposed the theory of quantum electrodynamics New York Atheists American Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Princeton University Scientists Physicists ENTP Taurus Celebrities Richard Feynman was an American physicist specializing in quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and particle physics. After growing up in Queens, New York City, he went on to receive his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctoral degree from Princeton University. He used his gained expertise in physics to contribute to the development of the atomic bomb, in what was called the Manhattan Project, during World War II. Working with other professionals in his field, he went on to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics for research on quantum electrodynamics. Another significant study which he undertook is the super-fluidity in super-cooled liquid helium. The Feynman diagrams as they are now known was a concept developed by this eminent scientist; the diagrams are used to pictorially represent the behavior of sub-atomic particles. Dabbling with particle physics, he came up with the Parton model. He later became credited with expanding physics research to the world of modern technologies through the creation of quantum computing and his theories concerning nanotechnology. Over the course of his career, Feynman took on a number of assistantships and appointed positions at various prestigious institutions across the country. He presented lectures, which were later published and are now considered one of the most well-known books ever written on physics. Read on to know more about his life and works

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Birthday: May 11, 1918 Died on: February 15, 1988 Nationality: American Famous: Atheists, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Princeton University, Scientists, Physicists, ENTP City/State: New Yorkers Spouses: Arline Greenbaum, Gweneth Howarth, Mary Louise Bell Siblings: Joan Feynman Information Detail Birthday May 11, 1918 Died on February 15, 1988 Nationality American Famous Atheists, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Princeton University, Scientists, Physicists, ENTP City/State New Yorkers Spouses Arline Greenbaum, Gweneth Howarth, Mary Louise Bell Siblings Joan Feynman Known as Richard Phillips Feynman Childrens Carl Feynman, Michelle Louise Feynman Universities Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT),Princeton University 1942 - Princeton University 1939 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Far Rockaway High School Notable Alumnis Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) Princeton University Birth Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Religion Atheism Height 183cm Gender Male Father Melville Feynman Mother Lucille Phillips Sun Sign Taurus Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Famous as Physicist Died at Age 69

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Feynman was married to his high-school sweetheart Arline Greenbaum until her death from tuberculosis in 1945. The demise of his wife caused much emotional turmoil in Richard’s life and the personal guilt for having made a contribution towards the destructive atomic bomb threw him into depression for some years. Unsplash Personal Life

In 1950, he married again, this time to a woman named Mary Louise Bell; however, the relationship ended in divorce shortly after. Unsplash Personal Life

He met Gweneth Howarth at a European conference, whom he married in 1960 after Gweneth was approved for US citizenship. Together, the two had a son Carl and adopted a daughter Michelle. Unsplash Personal Life

Richard Phillip Feynman was born on May 11, 1918 in New York City, the eldest child of father Melville and mother Lucille. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Lucille gave birth to another boy, who died at only four weeks old, and a girl named Joan. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He attended ‘Far Rockaway High School’ from 1931-1935, and then attended the ‘Massachusetts Institute of Technology’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1939, he was named a Putnam Fellow for a top five performance in the ‘William Putnam Lowell Mathematical Competition’, one of the most prestigious academic competitions in the US and Canada. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He continued his studies at Princeton, where he was surrounded by peers in the field such as Albert Einstein, Wolfgang Pauli, and John Archibald Wheeler. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Upon completing his thesis in 1942, Feynman was appointed Assistant Professor of Physics at the ‘University of Wisconsin’, Madison. Unsplash Career

Later that year, he was asked to join the ‘Manhattan Project’ in Los Alamos, New Mexico for work on perfecting the atomic bomb before the Germans. Unsplash Career

His responsibilities on the project included calculating neutron equations for nuclear reactors and developing safety procedures for the storage of project materials until its completion in 1945. Unsplash Career

His career then became a string of prestigious assistantships and professorships at competing universities, first as Professor of Theoretical Physics at ‘Cornell University’ from 1945-1950. Unsplash Career

In 1948, he published his representations of mathematical sequences of subatomic particles, named the ‘Feynman Diagrams’, contributing to the understanding of quantum field and solid-state theories. Unsplash Career

He completed his thesis ‘The Principle of Least Action in Quantum Physics’ which laid the foundation for his Nobel Prize winning work on quantum electrodynamics. The theory consisted of two parts, while the first catered to path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the other dealt with pictorial representation of sub-atomic particles, better known as the ‘Feynman Diagrams’. Unsplash Major Works

‘The Feynman Lectures of Physics’ was published in 1964 from a series given at Caltech, becoming arguably the most popular physics textbooks. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	May 11, 1918
Died on	February 15, 1988
Nationality	American
Famous	Atheists, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Princeton University, Scientists, Physicists, ENTP
City/State	New Yorkers
Spouses	Arline Greenbaum, Gweneth Howarth, Mary Louise Bell
Siblings	Joan Feynman
Known as	Richard Phillips Feynman
Childrens	Carl Feynman, Michelle Louise Feynman
Universities	Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT),Princeton University 1942 - Princeton University 1939 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Far Rockaway High School
Notable Alumnis	Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) Princeton University
Birth Place	Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Religion	Atheism
Height	183cm
Gender	Male
Father	Melville Feynman
Mother	Lucille Phillips
Sun Sign	Taurus
Born in	Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Famous as	Physicist
Died at Age	69

Richard Feynman

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May 11, 1918

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Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States