• Richard Feynman• Born 5/11/1918• Far Rockaway NY• Liked taking things apart• Solved Puzzles• Taught Calculus to

himself• BS in Physics from MIT

• Worked on Manhattan Project after PhD from Princeton

• Von Neumann, Feynman, and Ulam at Los Alamos

• Professor at Caltech after Cornell

• Taught Introductory Physics Classes

• Published the Feynman Lectures on Physics

• Nobel Prize in Physics for QED in 1965

• Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) explains how light interacts with matter

• Feynman Diagrams are tools used to predict these interactions

• Published best-selling book “Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman, Adventures of a Curious Character” in 1985

• Stories from his days in college, the Manhattan Project and Caltech

• His many other books are still in print

• Feynman was a member of the Challenger Commission and uncovered the main reason for the explosion of the Space Shuttle during launch in 1986

• Feynman died on 2/15/1988 of cancer• This is how he left the blackboard at Caltech

• Feynman died on 2/15/1988 of cancer• This is how he left the blackboard at Caltech

FEYNMAN LIVES

Resurrecting Feynman

Toy Box, Blocks, and Dirty Water

3-4-5 Triangle

Resurrecting Feynman

“Cut Short” Pendulum

Oscillating Mass

Resurrecting Feynman

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Bowling Ball Pendulum