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Richard Feynman

Physics

Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 to February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist.

Facts
Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1918 2
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1918-05-11 2
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
1988-02-15 2
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
1988 2
Death Place
Los Angeles, United States 1
Death Place
UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, United States 1
Nationality
United States 1
Notable Work
“Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!” 1
Notable Work
Bethe-Feynman formula 1
Notable Work
Cargo Cult Science 1
Notable Work
Feynman checkerboard 1
Notable Work
Feynman diagram 1
Notable Work
Feynman parametrization 1
Notable Work
Feynman point 1
Notable Work
Feynman slash notation 1
Notable Work
Feynman-Kac formula 1
Notable Work
Feynman-Stueckelberg interpretation 1
Notable Work
Hellmann-Feynman theorem 1
Notable Work
reverse sprinkler 1
Notable Work
The Character of Physical Law 1
Notable Work
The Feynman Lectures on Physics 1
Notable Work
Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory 1
Birthplace
Far Rockaway, United States 1
Birthplace
Queens, United States 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Connections

Associated With

Julian Schwinger, Scientists

Shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for independently developed formulations of quantum electrodynamics; each physicist worked separately toward the same theory rather than jointly.

Additional Source Julian Schwinger (Wikipedia)Lead section, Julian Schwinger

Long-Form Articles

The Conference That Almost Buried Feynman's Diagrams, Articles

Member Of

American Physical Society, Institutions
Source Richard Feynman (Wikipedia)
National Academy of Sciences, Institutions
Source Richard Feynman (Wikipedia)

Proposed

Quantum Electrodynamics, Theories

Co-formulated with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, per the cited source; neither is live in science this wave, entity requests filed separately.

Additional Source Quantum Electrodynamics (Wikipedia)History section (edge: proposed-by, Feynman)

Works In

Physics, Disciplines
Source Richard Feynman (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Milestones Credited

Hellmann-Feynman Theorem

Also in Mathematics Atlas: a milestone credited to this subject.

Nationality

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Richard Feynman (Wikidata)
Sources
1. Richard Feynman (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P20 (place of death): Los Angeles, United States
    Q65
  • P20 (place of death): UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, United States
    Q2169282
  • P19 (place of birth): Queens, United States
    Q18424
  • P19 (place of birth): Far Rockaway, United States
    Q62460
  • P800 (notable work): “Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!”
    Q2743592
  • P800 (notable work): The Feynman Lectures on Physics
    Q682339
  • P800 (notable work): Feynman diagram
    Q386272
  • P800 (notable work): Feynman-Kac formula
    Q1317359
  • P800 (notable work): Hellmann-Feynman theorem
    Q906809
  • P800 (notable work): Cargo Cult Science
    Q76401941
  • P800 (notable work): The Character of Physical Law
    Q4351947
  • P800 (notable work): Bethe-Feynman formula
    Q4898003
  • P800 (notable work): Feynman checkerboard
    Q5446134
  • P800 (notable work): Feynman parametrization
    Q946666
  • P800 (notable work): Feynman point
    Q874591
  • P800 (notable work): Feynman slash notation
    Q2305761
  • P800 (notable work): reverse sprinkler
    Q5446137
  • P800 (notable work): Feynman-Stueckelberg interpretation
    Q20180482
  • P800 (notable work): Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory
    Q3526772
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2. Richard Feynman (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section (entity-description)
    Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918, February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist.
  • Infobox (birth-date)
    Born: 1918-05-11
  • Infobox (birth-year)
    Born: 1918-05-11
  • Infobox (death-date)
    Died: 1988-02-15
  • Infobox (death-year)
    Died: 1988-02-15
  • Works In: Physics, Infobox, fields
    Infobox fields: Theoretical physics
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
    He was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, but ultimately resigned and is no long
  • Member Of: American Physical Society, Categories
    Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society
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Quantum Electrodynamics (Wikipedia)
WikipediaProposed: Quantum Electrodynamics, History section (edge: proposed-by, Feynman)
Quote, Proposed: Quantum Electrodynamics, History section (edge: proposed-by, Feynman)
Based on Bethe's intuition and fundamental papers on the subject by Shin'ichiro Tomonaga, Julian Schwinger, Richard Feynman and Freeman Dyson, it was finally possible to produce fully covariant formulations that were finite at any order in a perturbation series of quantum electrodynamics.
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Julian Schwinger (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: Julian Schwinger, Lead section, Julian Schwinger
Quote, Associated With: Julian Schwinger, Lead section, Julian Schwinger
He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics with Richard Feynman and Shin'ichiro Tomonaga "for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics (QED), with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles".
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