Richard Feynman

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Nobel laureate in Physics human theoretical physicist

Richard Feynman was a pioneering American theoretical physicist renowned for his work in quantum electrodynamics, his influential teaching, and his popular science writings.

Aliases (7)

Richard P. Feynman ×18
Feynman ×2
Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman ×1
Nobel laureate Richard Feynman ×1
Richard Feynman – theoretical physicist ×1
Richard Phillips Feynman ×1
リチャード・P・ファインマン ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → human → theoretical physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
awardReceived	Albert Einstein Award → Nobel Prize in Physics → Oersted Medal →
causeOfDeath	abdominal cancer →
child	Carl Feynman → Michelle Feynman →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1918-05-11 →
dateOfDeath	1988-02-15 →
doctoralAdvisor	John Archibald Wheeler →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Princeton University →
employer	California Institute of Technology → Cornell University →
ethnicGroup	American Jew →
familyName	Feynman →
fieldOfWork	condensed matter physics → particle physics → quantum computing → quantum electrodynamics → statistical mechanics → theoretical physics →
fullName	Richard Phillips Feynman →
givenName	Richard →
hobby	bongo drumming → drawing → safe-cracking →
involvedIn	Rogers Commission investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster →
knownFor	Feynman Lectures on Physics → Feynman checkerboard model → Feynman diagrams → Feynman–Hellmann theorem → Feynman–Kac formula → path integral formulation of quantum mechanics → popular science books → work in quantum electrodynamics →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	National Academy of Sciences (United States) →
militaryConflict	World War II →
NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear	1965 →
notableIdea	Feynman sprinkler problem →
notableWork	QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter → Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! → The Feynman Lectures on Physics → What Do You Care What Other People Think? →
occupation	author → physicist → science communicator → university teacher →
participatedIn	Manhattan Project →
placeOfBirth	Queens, New York City, New York, United States →
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States →
positionHeld	professor of theoretical physics at Caltech →
religiousBelief	atheism →
residence	Pasadena, California, United States →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	Julian Schwinger → Sin-Itiro Tomonaga →
spouse	Arline Greenbaum → Gweneth Howarth → Mary Louise Bell →
workLocation	Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States → Pasadena, California, United States →

Referenced by (87)

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Bethe–Feynman formula for nuclear explosions → Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology → Feynman path integral → Feynman–Hellmann theorem ("Richard P. Feynman") → Feynman–Kac formula →	namedAfter
Bethe–Feynman formula for nuclear explosions → Physics → quantum electrodynamics → quantum field theory →	developedBy
Arline Greenbaum → Gweneth Feynman → Gweneth Howarth → Mary Louise Bell →	spouse
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! → What Do You Care What Other People Think? → What Do You Care What Other People Think? ("Richard P. Feynman") →	mainCharacter
Los Alamos Laboratory → Manhattan Engineer District →	employed
Gweneth Feynman ("Feynman") → Richard Feynman ("Feynman") →	familyName
Carl Feynman → Michelle Feynman →	father
Feynman’s Tips on Physics ("Richard P. Feynman") → The Art of Richard P. Feynman: Images by a Curious Character ("Richard P. Feynman") →	hasContributor
National Medal of Science → Oersted Medal ("Richard P. Feynman") →	hasRecipient
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman ("Richard P. Feynman") → The Art of Richard P. Feynman: Images by a Curious Character ("Richard P. Feynman") →	mainSubject
Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration → Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration ("Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman") →	performedBy
Julian Schwinger → Sin-Itiro Tomonaga →	sharedNobelPrizeWith
What Do You Care What Other People Think? → What Do You Care What Other People Think? ("Richard P. Feynman") →	subject
Feynman family archives →	associatedWith
Feynman sprinkler problem →	associatedWithPerson
Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman ("Richard P. Feynman") →	authorOfLetters
Feynman’s Tips on Physics ("Richard P. Feynman") →	authorOfOriginalMaterial
quantum electrodynamics →	awardedNobelPrizeTo
Ralph Leighton →	closeFriendOf
Matthew Sands →	coAuthoredWith
Ralph Leighton →	coAuthorWith
Robert B. Leighton ("Richard P. Feynman") →	coauthorWith
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster →	commissionMember
Feynman checkerboard model →	creator
Feynman family archives →	documentsLifeOf
Richard Feynman ("Richard Phillips Feynman") →	fullName
James M. Bardeen →	hasAcademicAdvisor
The Art of Richard P. Feynman: Images by a Curious Character ("Richard P. Feynman") →	hasAuthor
1983 Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures →	hasAuthorOfDerivedWork
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Michelle Feynman →	hasRelative
Carl Feynman ("Richard Feynman – theoretical physicist") →	hasRelativeOccupation
1983 Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures →	hasSpeaker
Feynman path integral →	historicallyDevelopedBy
Reflections on Science →	includedInWorkBy
Rogers Commission investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ("Richard P. Feynman") →	includesMember
Paul Dirac →	influenced
David Deutsch →	influencedBy
Arline Greenbaum →	inspired
Feynman rules →	introducedBy
Feynman diagrams →	inventor
Project Y →	involvedScientist
Manhattan Project →	keyScientist
Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology →	namesake
Nobel Prize in Physics →	notableLaureate
Carl Feynman →	notableRelative
Robert Serber →	notableStudent
Carl Feynman →	parent
Gweneth Howarth →	partnerOf
Reflections on Science →	perspectiveOf
Feynman family archives ("Nobel laureate Richard Feynman") →	relatedTo
Dyson’s proof of equivalence of Feynman and Schwinger–Tomonaga formulations of QED →	relatedToPerson
Gweneth Feynman →	relative
Gweneth Howarth →	sharedPersonalLifeWith
John Archibald Wheeler →	student
朝永振一郎 ("リチャード・P・ファインマン") →	共同受賞者