Richard Phillips Feynman (pronounced: /ˈfaɪnmən/; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics (he proposed the parton model). For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965, together with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. Feynman developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. During his lifetime and after his death, Feynman became one of the most publicly known scientists in the world. He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb and was a member of the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In addition to his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing, and introducing the concept of nanotechnology (creation of devices at the molecular scale). He held the Richard Chace Tolman professorship in theoretical physics at Caltech. Feynman also had a more-than-casual interest in biology, and was a friend of the geneticist and microbiologist Esther Lederberg, who developed replica plating and discovered bacteriophage lambda. They had mutual friends in several other physicists who, after beginning their careers in nuclear research, moved for moral reasons into genetics—among them Leó Szilárd, Guido Pontecorvo, Aaron Novick, and Carl Sagan. (via Wikipedia)

About Richard Feynman

Residence: United States

Place of Death: Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California, USA

Name: Richard Feynman
Feynman, Richard Phillips

Employer: California Institute of Technology
Manhattan Project
Cornell University

Nationality: American

Influenced: Rod Crewther
Hagen Kleinert
José Leite Lopes

Religion: Atheist

Birthplace: Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, USA
Queens, New York

Students: Al Hibbs
George Zweig
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz

Awards: National Medal of Science (1979)
Oersted Medal (1972)
E. O. Lawrence Award (1962)
Albert Einstein Award (1954)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1965)

Field: Physics

Advisor: John Archibald Wheeler
Manuel Sandoval Vallarta

Known for: Hellmann–Feynman theorem
Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory
Sticky bead argument
One-electron universe
Feynman parametrization
Feynman–Kac formula
Feynman slash notation
Feynman diagrams
Feynman point
Feynman sprinkler
Quantum cellular automata
Feynman Long Division Puzzles

Influenced By: John C. Slater

Birth Date: May 11, 1918

Death Date: Feb 15, 1988

University Attended: Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology