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Physicist, author 11may1918 15feb1988 subject of books. An invitation to enter a new field of physics was a lecture given by physicist richard feynman at the annual american physical society meeting at caltech on december 29, 1959. The illustrated richard feynman by christopher sykes genius. Feynman was a brilliant and puckish physicist, dynamic teacher, charming storyteller, and allaround buffoon who inspired near hero worship in the people he worked and. An intimate, moving, and funny account of the remarkable life a. It not only documents his life, but also the early evolution of quantum physics they kind of go hand in hand. Richard phillips feynman, formemrs was an american theoretical physicist, known for his. If richard feynman had not existed it would not be possible to c. Just finished gleicks excellent bio and picked this up. No ordinary genius by richard feynman richard feynman was a scientist, and this documentary is all about his life and the things that he came up with and thought about. See all books authored by christopher sykes, including no ordinary genius. Mathematical genius, wartime enigma codebreaker, and godfather of the digital computer bbc2 horizonwgbh nova 50 mins 1992. They are in htmlreadable formats, with latex as well, so you can see all of his derivations.
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