Richard Feynman was born into a Jewish family on May 11, 1918, in New York, USA. Even before Richard was born, his father said that if a boy was born, he would become a scientist. Since childhood, the father developed the boy's interest in knowing everything around him. The future scientist began to work at the age of 13, even then he was versed in technology and could repair radios. Richard studied at the Institute of Technology in Massachusetts, and then entered Princeton University. During the
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Richard Feynman was born into a Jewish family on May 11, 1918, in New York, USA. Even before Richard was born, his father said that if a boy was born, he would become a scientist. Since childhood, the father developed the boy's interest in knowing everything around him.
The future scientist began to work at the age of 13, even then he was versed in technology and could repair radios. Richard studied at the Institute of Technology in Massachusetts, and then entered Princeton University. During the years of postgraduate studies, World War II began, and the young man went to the front as a volunteer.
After training, the author wrote a qualifying work in physics to obtain a doctorate.
Richard Feynman was involved in the development of the latest mechanical calculating machines, which were designed to calculate the artillery trajectory. He also participated in the development of the atomic bomb while studying at university. That's when he learned to break into safes. In his autobiographical work “You, of course, are joking, Mr. Feynman!” the author wrote how he was engaged in opening safes out of curiosity, and therefore gained a reputation as a cracker among colleagues.
Since the 1950s, Richard has worked at the California Institute as a researcher, constantly receiving invitations to posts at various universities. At the same time, he wrote a popular science book “The Cycle of Everything”, which was published only in 1998.
For a long time, Richard Feynman worked on the theory of quantum transformations, making a breakthrough in the understanding of superfluidity.
In the 1960s, he worked on the creation of a new physics course, as a result of 1963, the book Feynman Lectures on Physics was published, where the scientist contained a series of introductory lectures.
In 1964, the author gave lectures at Cornell University, which later formed the basis of the publication “The Character of Physical Laws”.
Feynman was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in the 1970s, and despite prolonged treatment and multiple surgeries, Richard died in February 1988.