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Feynman

American  
[fahyn-muhn] / ˈfaɪn mən /

noun

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


Feynman British  
/ ˈfaɪnmən /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Feynman Scientific  
/ fīn′mən /
  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.


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A second theory, associated with Feynman and later researchers, focuses on water flowing near the outer ends of the sprinkler arms.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

I have read before sleep no fewer than four scientific or science-adjacent books by James Gleick: “Chaos,” “The Information,” “Time Travel” and his biography of Richard Feynman, “Genius.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Nvidia could share more about how it’s scaling up co-packaged optics, Arcuri added, though that technology will likely come further down the road with the Feynman platform.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026

Noted theoretical physicist Richard Feynman, for one, was an apostle for it.

From Salon ● May 20, 2025

And I've found some good books on Dad's shelves—Richard Feynman especially.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

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