Philosophy
Richard P. Feynman
May 11th, 1918 to February 15th, 1988
Richard P(hillips) Feynman was an American theoretical physicist who was probably the most brilliant, influential, and iconoclastic figure in his field in the post-WW II era. By age 15, he had mastered calculus. He took every physics course at MIT. His lifelong interest was in subatomic physics. In 1942, he went to Los Alamos where Hans Bethe made the 24 year old Feynman a group leader in the theoretical division, to work on estimating how much uranium would be needed to achieve critical mass for the Manhattan (atomic bomb) Project. After the war, he developed Feynman Diagrams, a simple notation to describe the complex behavior of subatomic particles. In 1965, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for work in quantum electrodynamics.
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
by
James Gleick
ISBN-10: 0679747044
ISBN-13: 978-0679747048
Richard Feynman stories
- Brian Cox's Guide To Quantum Mechanics
Ok, so last time we talked about the properties of light on this blog, in the Light Fantastic documentary series, we saw Thomas Young was able to account for color by arguing that light must be some sort of wave: different frequencies would produce different...
- Physicist, Bongo Player, Artist...[ofey] Richard Feynman
Cathy McAlpine Myers Cathy McAlpine Myers1968 Dancer at Gianonni's Bar1968 Female Posing1968 Girl with a Doll Nude from Behind Jennifer Ouellette... Think physicist Richard Feynmann’s only artistic hobby was...
- Voices On Trinity [july 16th, 1945]
Current voices on a past event...Trinity [July 16th, 1945]. Players: Hans W. Courant, Roy J. Glauber, Nathan T. Melamed, and Morton Camac, Albert Allen Bartlett, Robert J. Brown, and Murray Peshkin. This is a good audio presentation and accompanying...
- "little Things That Jiggle: Richard Feynman And Atomic Physics"
Little Things That Jiggle: Richard Feynman and Atomic Physics is an interesting six minute or so film of a compilation of bits and pieces of public domain film whose central theme revolves around Richard Feynman' physics. It has been posted at various...
- Book Review--"feynman's Rainbow: A Search For Beauty In Physics And In Life"
Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life by Leonard Mlodinow ISBN: 0759547599 "This is another amazing book about the personality and point of views of Richard Feynman. In the early 80’s, Leonard Mlodinow, a recent doctor admitted...
Philosophy
Richard P. Feynman
Richard P. FeynmanMay 11th, 1918 to February 15th, 1988
Richard P(hillips) Feynman was an American theoretical physicist who was probably the most brilliant, influential, and iconoclastic figure in his field in the post-WW II era. By age 15, he had mastered calculus. He took every physics course at MIT. His lifelong interest was in subatomic physics. In 1942, he went to Los Alamos where Hans Bethe made the 24 year old Feynman a group leader in the theoretical division, to work on estimating how much uranium would be needed to achieve critical mass for the Manhattan (atomic bomb) Project. After the war, he developed Feynman Diagrams, a simple notation to describe the complex behavior of subatomic particles. In 1965, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for work in quantum electrodynamics.
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by
James Gleick
ISBN-10: 0679747044
ISBN-13: 978-0679747048
Richard Feynman stories
- Brian Cox's Guide To Quantum Mechanics
Ok, so last time we talked about the properties of light on this blog, in the Light Fantastic documentary series, we saw Thomas Young was able to account for color by arguing that light must be some sort of wave: different frequencies would produce different...
- Physicist, Bongo Player, Artist...[ofey] Richard Feynman
Cathy McAlpine Myers Cathy McAlpine Myers1968 Dancer at Gianonni's Bar1968 Female Posing1968 Girl with a Doll Nude from Behind Jennifer Ouellette... Think physicist Richard Feynmann’s only artistic hobby was...
- Voices On Trinity [july 16th, 1945]
Current voices on a past event...Trinity [July 16th, 1945]. Players: Hans W. Courant, Roy J. Glauber, Nathan T. Melamed, and Morton Camac, Albert Allen Bartlett, Robert J. Brown, and Murray Peshkin. This is a good audio presentation and accompanying...
- "little Things That Jiggle: Richard Feynman And Atomic Physics"
Little Things That Jiggle: Richard Feynman and Atomic Physics is an interesting six minute or so film of a compilation of bits and pieces of public domain film whose central theme revolves around Richard Feynman' physics. It has been posted at various...
- Book Review--"feynman's Rainbow: A Search For Beauty In Physics And In Life"
Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life by Leonard Mlodinow ISBN: 0759547599 "This is another amazing book about the personality and point of views of Richard Feynman. In the early 80’s, Leonard Mlodinow, a recent doctor admitted...