Richard Phillips Feynman

Richard P. Feynman was born in New York City on the 11th May 1918.

He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he obtained his B.Sc. in 1939 and at Princeton University where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1942.

He was Research Assistant at Princeton (1940-1941), Professor of Theoretical Physics at Cornell University (1945-1950), Visiting Professor and thereafter appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology (1950-1959).

At present he is Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology.

Professor Feynman is a member of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the National Academy of Science; in 1965 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Society, London (Great Britain).

He holds the following awards: Albert Einstein Award (1954, Princeton); Einstein Award (Albert Einstein Award College of Medicine); Lawrence Award (1962).

Richard Feynman is married to Gweneth Howarth, they have a son, Carl Richard (born 22nd April 1961), and a daughter Michelle Catherine (born 13th August 1968).

Richard P. Feynman died on February 15, 1988.

he taught himself trigonometry, advanced algebra, infinite series, analytic geometry, and both differential and integral calculus.15(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman#cite_note-15) Before entering college, he was experimenting with and re-creating mathematical topics, such as the half-derivative, using his own notation. In high school, he was developing the mathematical intuition behind his Taylor series of mathematical operators.16(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman#cite_note-Harvnb.7CFeynman.7C1985-16) His habit of direct characterization sometimes rattled more conventional thinkers; for example, one of his questions, when learning feline anatomy, was "Do you have a map of the cat?" (referring to an anatomical chart) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1939, and in the same year was named a Putnam Fellow. This was Richard Feynman nearing the crest of his powers. At twenty-three … there was no physicist on earth who could match his exuberant command over the native materials of theoretical science. It was not just a facility at mathematics (though it had become clear … that the mathematical machinery emerging from the Wheeler–Feynman collaboration was beyond Wheeler's own ability). Feynman seemed to possess a frightening ease with the substance behind the equations, like Albert Einstein at the same age, like the Soviet physicist Lev Landau—but few others. — James Gleick, Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

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It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.

Proyecto Manhattan Participó en el Proyecto Manhattan, destinado al desarrollo de la bomba atómica. Vio la prueba de la bomba Trinity sin gafas de protección. Trabajó en el departamento teórico y de cálculo. Por aburrimiento, abría las cajas fuertes y dejaba notas graciosas. Entabló amistad con J. Robert Oppenheimer y discusiones con Bohr.

Trabajos como profesor del CalTech Investigación en Electrodinámica Cuántica, por la que ganó el Nobel. Desarrollo de los Diagramas de Feynman y de la formula de integrales de camino Super-fluidez del helio líquido Modelo de desintegración débil

Diagramas de Feynman Choque entre un electrón y un positrón (como un electrón moviéndose hacia atrás en el tiempo) liberando una partícula, su antipartícula, y un gluón.

El universo de un electrón. Mencionado en su discurso del Nobel. Propuesto por su Supervisor de Tesis John Wheeler. Explicaría que todos los electrones tengan la misma carga y masa, siendo un único electrón que se manifiesta simultaneamente en todo el universo.

Ordenador Cuántico Un ordenador que aprovecha las propiedades cuánticas de la materia. Más de un estado para cada qubit: 0 y 1 simultáneamente, acumulado según 2n en n qubits, contra el estado único del bit.

Feynman.com Sobre el pensamiento de Feynman y la divulgación de sus ideas. Nobelprize.org http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html Charla sobre Nanotecnología de Feynman ‘Hay mucho sitio en el fondo’ (En Inglés) http://www.feynmanlectures.info/ Libro con la recopilación de sus clases de física (En Inglés, más de 2 millones de copias vendidas.) Bibliografía: Nobelprize.org (Biografía, Trabajos), Wikipedia.com (Ordenador Cuántico, El Universo de Un Electron), Feynman.com (Biografía, Diagramas de Feynman, Trabajos)