Today we commemorate the birth anniversary of the legendary theoretical physicist, Richard 'Dick' Feynman.-
Richard P. Feynman was born in New York City on the 11th May 1918. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he obtained his B.Sc. in 1939 and at Princeton University where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1942. He was Research Assistant at Princeton (1940-1941), Professor of Theoretical Physics at Cornell University (1945-1950), Visiting Professor and thereafter appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology (1950-1959)
He is 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.
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!.
Flowers, music, strip clubs, bongos, Tuva, lock picking, hieroglyphics, painting, poetry, electrons and photons ...Richard Feynman's scientific curiosity knew no bounds and is an inspiration to many students of physics.
Here, you can know more about the genius extraordinaire,
(1974). "Cargo Cult Science" (PDF). Engineering and Science 37
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Richard Feynman Video - The Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures
http://vega.org.uk/video/
Richard Feynman Messenger Lectures: The Character of Physical Law
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Nobel Lecture
http://www.nobelprize.org/
Richard Feynman on Teaching
http://www.pitt.edu/
Horizon: Richard Feynman - No Ordinary Genius (full version)
http://www.youtube.com/
Richard Phillips Feynman - The Last Journey Of A Genius
http://www.youtube.com/
TEDxCaltech - Leonard Susskind on My friend Richard Feynman
http://www.youtube.com/
Feynman Diagrams - Sixty Symbols
http://www.youtube.com/
The Science and Mathematics team wishes that Feynman's legacy lives on and continues to inspire countless students to pursue their passion in science.
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