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Richard Feynman
Richard Phillips Feynman was an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics with Julian Schwinger and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga "for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics (QED), with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles". He is also known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and the parton model. Feynman developed a pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions describing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams and remains widely used.
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Born 11 May 1918 · Died 15 February 1988 · Q39246
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TradingView: Key facts: NVIDIA ramps Feynman; OpenAI Ohio cut to ~5GW; $21B SpaceX
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TradingView: Datos clave: NVIDIA acelera Feynman; OpenAI Ohio se reduce a ~5 GW; SpaceX por $21 mil millones
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BornCity: Feynman-GPU: Nvidia springt zu TSMC-A16 und testet Intel
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XenoSpectrum: NVIDIA's Feynman May Combine TSMC A16 and N3P, Reports Say Design Was Changed Due to Supply Constraints
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El Chapuzas Informático: NVIDIA Feynman 2028: A16, chiplets 3D, HBM custom y CPO
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Geeknetic: NVIDIA promete superar los 1.000 TB/s de ancho de banda entre GPUs en Feynman gracias a la óptica coempaquetada
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Crypto Briefing: Nvidia may redesign Feynman AI platform due to manufacturing constraints
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TechPowerUp: NVIDIA Secures TSMC A16 Node for Next-Generation "Feynman" GPUs
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Benzinga: Nvidia's Next-Gen Feynman AI Platform Is Ramping Up, Forcing TSMC to Race Ahead: Report
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The Times of India: Quote of the day by Richard Feynman: 'What I cannot create, I do not understand.'
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finance.biggo.com: NVIDIA's Feynman Architecture Launch Pulled Forward; TSMC's A16 Process and Advanced Packaging Capacity in Full Preparation Mode
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digitimes: Nvidia Feynman pushes TSMC A16 and CPO ramp
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GuruFocus: NVIDIA's (NVDA) New Developments with TSMC: Feynman Generation I
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TN: Richard Feynmann, físico: “Puedo vivir con la duda, la incertidumbre y el no saber; es mucho más interesante vivir sin saber que tener respuestas que podrían estar equivocadas”
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The Economic Times: Who is Deepak Dhar? Indian physicist who worked with Richard Feynman wins Dirac Medal previously won by St
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The Economic Times: Top Quote of the Day by Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla and Richard Feynman: Are we asking the right questio
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The Times of India: Quote of the day by Richard Feynman: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and…”
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The Guardian: Scientists uncover Feynman’s formula for finding best holiday restaurant
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Science News: The math of choosing a restaurant meal is revealed in Richard Feynman’s notes
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Gizmodo: Richard Feynman
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wrote an article describing Feynman's talents as a teacher ("The Best Teacher I Never Had"), which inspired Gates to create Project Tuva to place the videos of Feynman's Messenger Lectures
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Oscar Isaac performed a public reading of Feynman's 1946 love letter to the late Arline
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Gates made a video in response to Caltech's request for thoughts on Feynman for the 50th anniversary of Feynman's 1965 Nobel Prize, on why he thought Feynman was special
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Feynman's role on the Rogers Commission was dramatized by the BBC in The Challenger (US title: The Challenger Disaster), with William Hurt playing Feynman
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Video game designer Seamus Blackley, a father of the Xbox, bought the van
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Feynman was the subject of a biographical graphic novel entitled simply Feynman, written by Jim Ottaviani and illustrated by Leland Myrick
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The United States Postal Service issued the "American Scientists" commemorative set of four 37-cent stamps in several configurations
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With Feynman's Tips on Physics: A Problem-Solving Supplement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics by Michael Gottlieb and Ralph Leighton (Robert Leighton's son), with support from Kip Thorne and other physicists
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And was later presented at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Broadway, with both productions starring Alda as Richard Feynman
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Died 1988-02-15.
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“El principio básico es que no debes engañarte a ti mismo, porque tú eres la persona más fácil de engañar.”
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“Zostaw to biedne dziecko w spokoju. Jak chce położyć niebieski, to pozwól mu położyć niebieski.Ale ojciec odparł:– Nie. Chcę mu pokazać, jakie z nich można ułożyć wzory i jakie są interesujące. To taki podstawowy kurs matematyki.Jak widać, ojciec bardzo wcześnie zaczął opowiadać mi o świecie i o tym, jaki jest ciekawy.”
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“Zjawisko, które rozważamy, musi wykazywać pewną trwałość lub stałość. Znaczy to, że jeśli zjawisko jest trudne do zbadania, to obserwowane w różnych sytuacjach powinno wykazywać w mniejszym lub większym stopniu takie same cechy.”
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“I wanted most to give you some appreciation of the wonderful world and the physicist’s way of looking at it, which, I believe, is a major part of the true culture of modern times. (ang.)”
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“Uprzedzenia sprawiają, że trudniej jest coś udowodnić, ale jeśli to coś istnieje, może mimo wszystko liczyć na odkrycie.”
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“Przecież myślenie to tak, jakby się mówiło do siebie, w środku.”
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“Zadufani durnie doprowadzają mnie do szału, do zwykłych durni nic nie mam.”
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“Uważam, że problem nie polega na wyborze pomiędzy socjalizmem i kapitalizmem, ale raczej pomiędzy tłumieniem idei i wolnością idei.”
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“We scientists are clever — too clever — are you not satisfied? Is four square miles in one bomb not enough? Men are still thinking. Just tell us how big you want it!”
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“PrinciplesYou can't say A is made of Bor vice versa.All mass is interaction.”
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“Jeśli coś jest rzeczywiście prawdą, powtarzanie obserwacji i poprawianie ich efektywności zwiększa wyrazistość wyników, a nie zmniejsza ją.”
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“Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science — for to fill your heart with love is enough!”
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“Poeta powiedział: „Cały Wszechświat mieści się w szklance wina”. Prawdopodobnie nie dowiemy się nigdy, co dokładnie miał na myśli, ponieważ poeci nie po to piszą, by ich rozumiano.”
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Doctors discovered another cancer, Waldenström macroglobulinemia
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“Richard Feynman's Computer Heuristics Lecture”
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“The Pleasure of Finding Things Out”
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19793 items
Won National Medal of Science (1979).
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“Photons: Corpuscles of Light”
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“The Smartest Man in the World”
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Feynman sought medical treatment for abdominal pains and was diagnosed with liposarcoma, a rare form of cancer
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Feynman immediately pointed out to his students that the discovery implied the existence of a sixth quark, which was discovered in the decade after his death
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Adding that La Belle had been paid less than male colleagues
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Feynman supported his English literature colleague Jenijoy La Belle, who had been hired as Caltech's first female professor in 1969, and filed suit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after she was refused t
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In Long Beach, California, Feynman bought a Dodge Tradesman Maxivan with a bronze-khaki exterior and yellow-green interior, with custom Feynman diagram exterior murals
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Feynman delivered the Caltech commencement address on the topic of cargo cult science, which has the semblance of science, but is only pseudoscience due to a lack of "a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scient
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Won Niels Bohr International Gold Medal (1973).
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Won Oersted Medal (1972).
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles.
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Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1965).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1965).
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Received the Oersted Medal in 1972, and the National Medal of Science in 1979
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In which he explains basic topics in physics; they were also adapted into the book The Character of Physical Law
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Served on the California State Curriculum Commission, which was responsible for approving textbooks to be used by schools in California
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Awarded Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1962).
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And adopted a daughter, Michelle, in 1968
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At the California Institute of Technology, published under the title "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" a year later
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“There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom”
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Awarded Albert Einstein Award (1954).
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When Lewis Strauss, the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) notified him that he had won the Albert Einstein Award, which was worth $15,000 and came with a gold medal
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And immigrated to Brazil in October 1951
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And the FBI questioned Bethe about Feynman's loyalty
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And "An Operator Calculus Having Applications in Quantum Electrodynamics" in 1951, he developed the mathematical basis of his ideas, derived familiar formulae and advanced new ones
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Which added new rules to Feynman's that told how to implement renormalization
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“s cold winter weather and that he felt he lived in the shadow of Hans Bethe while at Cornell. Brazil (1949–1952) Feynman spent several weeks in Rio de Janeiro in July 1949. That year, the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, generating concerns about espionage. Fuchs was arrested as a Soviet spy in 1950 and the FBI questioned Bethe about Feynman”
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“Reflecting on the failure of his presentation at the "Pocono Conference" of 30 March - 1 April 1948.”
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Wrote a letter to Arline, expressing his deep love and heartbreak
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And Feynman suffered from depression
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Received a letter from Dean Mark Ingraham of the College of Letters and Science requesting his return to the university to teach in the coming academic year
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This was endorsed by Robert Bacher, also from Cornell, and one of the most senior scientists at Los Alamos
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Took the ferry to Staten Island, where they were married in the city office
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Studied at Princeton University, doctorate (1939–1942).
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With World War II occurring in Europe but the United States not yet at war, Feynman spent the summer working on ballistics problems at the Frankford Arsenal in Pennsylvania
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Awarded Putnam Fellow (1939).
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Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, bachelor's degree (1935–1939).
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Feynman received a bachelor's degree and was named a Putnam Fellow
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Studied at Far Rockaway High School (1931–1935).
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Born 1918-05-11.
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In Queens, New York City, to Lucille (née Phillips), a homemaker, and Melville Arthur Feynman, a sales manager for uniforms
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Awarded Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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Career landmark: Participated in Manhattan Project (tournament / event).
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