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Richard P. Feynman

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born
in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, The United States
May 11, 1918

died
February 15, 1988

gender
male

genre
Science, Biographies & Memoirs


About this author

Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for 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 work in particle physics (he proposed the parton model). For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman was a joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965, together with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. Feynman 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 and after his death, Feynman became one of the most publicly...more


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Average rating: 4.29 · 63,054 ratings · 2,720 reviews · 77 distinct works · Similar authors
Surely You're Joking, Mr. F...
4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 33,242 ratings — published 1985
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What Do You Care What Other...
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 6,941 ratings — published 1988 — 41 editions
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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials...
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 5,276 ratings — published 1963 — 24 editions
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QED: The Strange Theory of ...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 4,104 ratings — published 1985 — 23 editions
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The Pleasure of Finding Thi...
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 3,152 ratings — published 1999 — 25 editions
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The Feynman Lectures on Phy...
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4.58 of 5 stars 4.58 avg rating — 2,243 ratings — published 1964 — 20 editions
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The Meaning of It All: Thou...
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Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Ein...
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The Character of Physical Law
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“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
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“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.”
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“Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.”
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