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• 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
See Resurrecting Feynman handout for more details
Bowling Ball Pendulum