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Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman is known for American theoretical physicist. Richard Feynman was born on 11 May 1918.

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Who is Richard Feynman?

Richard Feynman is best known for American theoretical physicist. Richard Feynman is an American public figure. Richard Feynman was born on 11 May 1918, which places Richard Feynman among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1910s. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Richard Feynman is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

Facts

Known for: American theoretical physicist
Nationality: American
Born: 11 May 1918

About Richard Feynman

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 assisted in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and became known to the wider public in the 1980s as a member of the Rogers Commission, the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. He held the Richard C. Tolman professorship in theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology. In a 1999 poll of 130 leading physicists worldwide by the British journal Physics World, he was ranked the seventh-greatest physicist of all time. He delivered lectures for lay audiences, recorded in The Character of Physical Law (1965) and QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (1985). Feynman also became known through Ralph Leighton's collections of his anecdotes, Surely You're Joking, Mr. (1985) and What Do You Care What Other People Think? Leighton covered his dream of travelling to Tannu Tuva in Tuva or Bust!.

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What is Richard Feynman known for?

Richard Feynman is known for American theoretical physicist.

When was Richard Feynman born?

Richard Feynman was born on 11 May 1918.

What nationality is Richard Feynman?

Richard Feynman's nationality is American.

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