Feynman

[fahyn-muhn]

noun

1. Richard Phillips, 1918–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1965.

Feynman

/ ˈfaɪnmən /

noun

1. Richard . 1918–88, US physicist, noted for his research on quantum electrodynamics; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1965

Feynman

1. American physicist who developed the theory of quantum electrodynamics, laying the foundation for all other quantum field theories. His approach combined quantum mechanics and relativity theory, and exploited a method using diagrams of particle interactions to greatly simplify calculations. For this work he shared with American physicist Julian Schwinger and Japanese physicist Sin-Itiro Tomonaga the 1965 Nobel Prize for physics.

Example Sentences

“I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty about different things,” Feynman said in 1981, “but I'm not absolutely sure of anything.”

From Salon

“I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty about different things,” Feynman said in 1981, “but I’m not absolutely sure of anything.”

From Salon

There were stories of wild bacchanals involving nudists, and grand parties attended by the likes of artist Andy Warhol, jazz musician Charlie Parker and Nobel laureate physicist Richard Feynman.

From Los Angeles Times

Andy Warhol, Charlie Parker, Ray Bradbury and physicist Richard Feynman are among those who visited the ranch, much of which burned.

From Los Angeles Times

It exists everywhere, from our daily lives to the distant universe, while being labelled as "the last great unsolved problem of classical physics" by Richard Feynman.

From Science Daily