Who is Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988)?
- Born in 1918 in New York City, he received his Ph.D from Princeton in 1942.
- Despite his youth, he played an important part in the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos during World War II.
- Subsequently, he taught at Cornell and at the California Institute of Technology.
- In 1965 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Sin-Itiro Tomonaga and Julian Schwinger, for his work in quantum electrodynamics.
- He died on February 15, 1988, in Los Angeles.
From The Feynman Lectures on Physics: About the Authors
Feynman was a remarkably effective educator. Of all his numerous awards, he was especially proud of the Oersted Medal for Teaching, which he won in 1972. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, originally published in 1963, were described by a reviewer in Scientific American as “tough, but nourishing and full of flavor. After 25 years it is the guide for teachers and for the best of beginning students.” In order to increase the understanding of physics among the lay public, Dr. Feynman wrote The Character of Physical Law and QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. He also authored a number of advanced publications that have become classic references and textbooks for researchers and students.
Physics is the simplicity of our world, which is beautiful and created by God. So let's dive in it throuth the book of Feynman.
Richard Feynman was a constructive public man. His work on the Challenger commission is well known, especially his famous demonstration of the susceptibility of the O-rings to cold, an elegant experiment which required nothing more than a glass of ice water and a C-clamp. Less well known were Dr. Feynman's efforts on the California State Curriculum Committee in the 1960s, where he protested the mediocrity of textbooks.
If you want to know the beautiful of Pysics, The Feynman Lectures on Physics is the best book for you to know more about Pysics.
A recital of Richard Feynman's myriad scientific and educational accomplishments cannot adequately capture the essence of the man. As any reader of even his most technical publications knows, Feynman's lively and multi-sided personality shines through all his work. Besides being a physicist, he was at various times a repairer of radios, a picker of locks, an artist, a dancer, a bongo player, and even a decipherer of Mayan hieroglyphics. Perpetually curious about his world, he was an exemplary empiricist.
And also, if we like someone, we must read their work to capture the essence of him or her.
In the fulture, I will say that :
Feynman was my hero and a close personal friend.
but
You should, in science, believe logic and arguments, carefully drawn, and not authorities.
@Anifacc
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