Feynman
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- proper noun
- /ˈfaɪnmən/
- Richard Feynman showed that there really is only a single electron in the universe.
- Richard Feynman
- Feynman diagrams
- physicist Feynman
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Watch on YouTubeSo I would put Roger in the class of Feynman, Einstein, Dirac, Yang.
- So I would put Roger in the class of Feynman, Einstein, Dirac, Yang.
- You know, in science, as Feynman said, the easiest person to fool is yourself.
- But let me tell you a little bit about Feynman the physicist, Feynman's style.
- The answer favoured by the brilliant Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman.
- One of the great Feynman quotes is the most important thing is not to fool yourself.
- I like a quote by Richard Feynman, he said.
- I have to ask, Yes, Richard Feynman, indeed.
- And that's really simple, as Feynman points out.
- I mean, he's like, Feynman was in awe of Onzagger, right?
- So is Richard Feynman, but Isaac Newton tops them all.
- This is the tool that allowed us to do that thing that Feynman described.
- Now what does Feynman do wrong?
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So at that point, no one alive knew more than Richard Feynman about quantum mechanics.
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In 1948, the physicist Feynman showed that temporal symmetry exists in particle/antiparticle trajectories.
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This is the tool that allowed us to do that thing that Feynman described.
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So this is the Feynman rule in coordinate space.
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We can take a clue from a famous Feynman quote.
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The concept of nanotechnology was first introduced in 1959 by Richard Feynman at a meeting of the American Physical Society.
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When Richard Feynman lectured my freshman physics class, his explanations were wonderfully clear and simple.
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In 1948, the physicist Richard Feynman showed that temporal symmetry exists in particle/antiparticle trajectories.
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Many people regard Feynman as the greatest scientific genius of recent times.
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We should aspire to Feynman's advice to accept nothing but the truth.
Synonyms
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An American physicist who helped develop quantum physics and made science easier to understand by writing and teaching
Surface Forms
Etymology
Feynman probably comes from German or Yiddish parts Fein and man, with Fein meaning 'fine' and man meaning 'man'. A helpful way to remember Richard Feynman is to think of him as a 'fine man', a famous, friendly scientist known for clear teaching and the useful Feynman diagrams.