Richard Phillips Feynman - Revision history

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	==Quotes by Feynman==		==Quotes by Feynman==
	After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Feynman began his involvement with the Manhattan Project working to prove the practicality of a device called an isotron. This project was later abandoned. Feynman was later recruited to work in the Los Alamos Laboratory, assigned to Hans Bethe’s Theoretical Division where he was a group leader.


	~~It was here that Feynman worked with Bethe to develop the Bethe-Feynman Efficiency Formula, a method for calculating the yield of a fission bomb.~~
	~~a = internal energy per gram~~
	~~b = growth rate~~
	~~c = sphere radius~~


	~~a≈ (bc)^2*f~~


	"Every morning we brush our teeth. What is the evidence that the brushing of the teeth does us any good in cavities? So you start wonderin'... As the Earth turns on the orbit, there's an edge between light and dark, and along that edge, all the people along that edge are doing the same ritual (Loud brushing teeth noise) for no good reason, just like in the middle ages... and you're trying to picture this perpetual line of tooth brushes going around the Earth. It's to take the world from another point of view!"		"Every morning we brush our teeth. What is the evidence that the brushing of the teeth does us any good in cavities? So you start wonderin'... As the Earth turns on the orbit, there's an edge between light and dark, and along that edge, all the people along that edge are doing the same ritual (Loud brushing teeth noise) for no good reason, just like in the middle ages... and you're trying to picture this perpetual line of tooth brushes going around the Earth. It's to take the world from another point of view!"

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 The lectures were initially created at a time when Cal Tech was reconsidering its physics material instructed to new students. Cal Tech wanted a more modern physics-based class, where new discoveries were relayed to students almost instantly. Feynman developed the lectures due to this, and he was the only professor to teach this new material to the incoming class at Cal Tech in the year of 1961. All of his lectures and drawings were taped and recorded by Cal Tech's staff as a remarking advancement to their institution. This compilation of teachings is perhaps one of the most famous physics books to exist. It has sold over 1.5 million English copies, and has been translated into over a dozen languages. It may not be the work that Feynman was most proud of; however, it is the work for which he is most known.
-==''There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom''==
+===''There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom''===
 Richard Feynman is considered the father of nanotechnology. “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom” was the name of the lecture he gave at an American Physical Society meeting at California Institute of Technology on December 29, 1959. In this lecture, Feynman described the conceptual foundations of large amounts of information being encoded into increasingly small spaces. Feynman concluded his talk with two challenges, the first involved the construction of a tiny motor the second being scaling letters small enough to fit the entire Encyclopedia Britannica on the head of a pin. The first challenge was achieved relatively quickly by William McLellan and the second was achieved over 20 years later by Tom Newman.
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 ==Quotes by Feynman==

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 Another of Feynman's most remarkable scientific contributions was ''The Feynman Lectures on Physics''.
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 The lectures were initially created at a time when Cal Tech was reconsidering its physics material instructed to new students. Cal Tech wanted a more modern physics-based class, where new discoveries were relayed to students almost instantly. Feynman developed the lectures due to this, and he was the only professor to teach this new material to the incoming class at Cal Tech in the year of 1961. All of his lectures and drawings were taped and recorded by Cal Tech's staff as a remarking advancement to their institution. This compilation of teachings is perhaps one of the most famous physics books to exist. It has sold over 1.5 million English copies, and has been translated into over a dozen languages. It may not be the work that Feynman was most proud of; however, it is the work for which he is most known.
 ==Quotes by Feynman==
 "Every morning we brush our teeth. What is the evidence that the brushing of the teeth does us any good in cavities? So you start wonderin'... As the Earth turns on the orbit, there's an edge between light and dark, and along that edge, all the people along that edge are doing the same ritual (Loud brushing teeth noise) for no good reason, just like in the middle ages... and you're trying to picture this perpetual line of tooth brushes going around the Earth. It's to take the world from another point of view!"

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	Claimed and Written by Catherine Johnson, PHYS 2211 C04		Claimed and Written by Catherine Johnson, PHYS 2211 C04
			Edited by Jennifer Vo, PHYS 2212 Q05

	'''Richard Phillips Feynman''', an American theoretical physicist, was quite famous for his work with quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, and superfluidity, but was most known for his familiarization with particle physics. He was granted a Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 for Physics.		'''Richard Phillips Feynman''', an American theoretical physicist, was quite famous for his work with quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, and superfluidity, but was most known for his familiarization with particle physics. He was granted a Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 for Physics.
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	Another of Feynman's most remarkable scientific contributions was ''The Feynman Lectures on Physics''.		Another of Feynman's most remarkable scientific contributions was ''The Feynman Lectures on Physics''.

			==''There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom''==
			Richard Feynman is considered the father of nanotechnology. “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom” was the name of the lecture he gave at an American Physical Society meeting at California Institute of Technology on December 29, 1959. In this lecture, Feynman described the conceptual foundations of large amounts of information being encoded into increasingly small spaces. Feynman concluded his talk with two challenges, the first involved the construction of a tiny motor the second being scaling letters small enough to fit the entire Encyclopedia Britannica on the head of a pin. The first challenge was achieved relatively quickly by William McLellan and the second was achieved over 20 years later by Tom Newman.


	===''The Feynman Lectures on Physics''===		===''The Feynman Lectures on Physics''===

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	http://www.physicsoftheuniverse.com/scientists_feynman.html		http://www.physicsoftheuniverse.com/scientists_feynman.html

	~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parton_(particle_physics)~~

	Feynman, R. P., Leighton, R. B., & Sands, M. L. (1963). The Feynman lectures on physics. Reading, Mass.: AddiWesley Pub. Co.. http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/		Feynman, R. P., Leighton, R. B., & Sands, M. L. (1963). The Feynman lectures on physics. Reading, Mass.: AddiWesley Pub. Co.. http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/

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	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgJPjG4KJYQ		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgJPjG4KJYQ

	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpjwotips7E		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpjwotips7E

	http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1965/feynman-facts.html		http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1965/feynman-facts.html

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	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2562		http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2562

	http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/06/06/feynman-and-the-bomb/		http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/06/06/feynman-and-the-bomb/

	http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/Feynman.shtml		http://www.atomicarchive.com/Bios/Feynman.shtml

	http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1965/feynman-facts.html		http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1965/feynman-facts.html

	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgJPjG4KJYQ		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgJPjG4KJYQ

	http://www.physicsoftheuniverse.com/scientists_feynman.html		http://www.physicsoftheuniverse.com/scientists_feynman.html

	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parton_(particle_physics)		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parton_(particle_physics)

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	==Connectedness==		==Connectedness==

	Dr. Feynman was initially just a man who helped contribute to the subject I know as physics. The real interest for me came after I chose him to research and study. The more information I discovered about him, the more I wanted to learn. You see, I wasn't so much interested in the scientific contributions he made, but more in his unique outlook and view towards the world. Listening to him speaking in videos, reading his lectures, and hearing his friend speak about him, allowed me to more fully understand his personality even though I never knew him. He seemed always such a positive and excited person, so determined to make anyone and everyone interested in the amazing world he knew of physics. He made me ~~see~~ the world a little differently, which ~~made~~ me more interested in the subject of physics itself.		Dr. Feynman was initially just a man who helped contribute to the subject I know as physics. The real interest for me came after I chose him to research and study. The more information I discovered about him, the more I wanted to learn. You see, I wasn't so much interested in the scientific contributions he made, but more in his unique outlook and view towards the world. Listening to him speaking in videos, reading his lectures, and hearing his friend speak about him, allowed me to more fully understand his personality even though I never knew him. He seemed always such a positive and excited person, so determined to make anyone and everyone interested in the amazing world he knew that was created by physics. He made me view the world a little differently, which allowed me to be more interested in the subject of physics itself.

	Feynman's physics is necessary for the route that I have chosen for my education, which is the pre-health pathway. Physics is necessary to understand so much about how human bodies work, how their atoms interact, and how diseases and mutations can come about. Although my major is biology, the study of life, physics is the study of life and everything else, which allows for so many interesting connections that I am very willing to understand.		Feynman's physics is necessary for the route that I have chosen for my education, which is the pre-health pathway. Physics is necessary to understand so much about how human bodies work, how their atoms interact, and how diseases and mutations can come about. Although my major is biology, the study of life, physics is the study of life and everything else, which allows for so many interesting connections that I am very willing to understand.

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	==Connectedness==		==Connectedness==

	Dr. Feynman was initially just a man who helped contribute to the subject I know as physics. The real interest for me came after I chose him to research and study. The more information ~~i found~~ about him, the more I wanted to learn. You see, I wasn't so much interested in the scientific contributions he made, but more in his unique outlook and view towards the world. Listening to him speaking in videos, reading his lectures, and hearing his friend speak about him, allowed me to more fully understand his personality even though I never knew him. He seemed always such a positive and excited person, so determined to make anyone and everyone interested in the amazing world he knew of physics. He made me see the world a little differently, which made me more interested in the subject of physics itself.		Dr. Feynman was initially just a man who helped contribute to the subject I know as physics. The real interest for me came after I chose him to research and study. The more information I discovered about him, the more I wanted to learn. You see, I wasn't so much interested in the scientific contributions he made, but more in his unique outlook and view towards the world. Listening to him speaking in videos, reading his lectures, and hearing his friend speak about him, allowed me to more fully understand his personality even though I never knew him. He seemed always such a positive and excited person, so determined to make anyone and everyone interested in the amazing world he knew of physics. He made me see the world a little differently, which made me more interested in the subject of physics itself.

	Feynman's physics is necessary for the route that I have chosen for my education, which is the pre-health pathway. Physics is necessary to understand so much about how human bodies work, how their atoms interact, and how diseases and mutations can come about. Although my major is biology, the study of life, physics is the study of life and everything else, which allows for so many interesting connections that I am very willing to understand.		Feynman's physics is necessary for the route that I have chosen for my education, which is the pre-health pathway. Physics is necessary to understand so much about how human bodies work, how their atoms interact, and how diseases and mutations can come about. Although my major is biology, the study of life, physics is the study of life and everything else, which allows for so many interesting connections that I am very willing to understand.

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	''The Feynman Lectures on Physics'' is a physics textbook written by Richard P. Feynman himself, that was given to collegiate students at Cal Tech from 1961 to 1963. The book also had two other authors: Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands. The book is composed of three volumes, with the first focusing on heat, radiation, and mechanics; the second one exploring matter and electromagnetism; and the third volume discussing quantum mechanics. However, the book also includes several chapters focusing on relating physics to other subjects, including mathematics.		''The Feynman Lectures on Physics'' is a physics textbook written by Richard P. Feynman himself, that was given to collegiate students at Cal Tech from 1961 to 1963. The book also had two other authors: Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands. The book is composed of three volumes, with the first focusing on heat, radiation, and mechanics; the second one exploring matter and electromagnetism; and the third volume discussing quantum mechanics. However, the book also includes several chapters focusing on relating physics to other subjects, including mathematics.

	The lectures were initially created at a time when Cal Tech was reconsidering its physics material instructed to new students. Cal Tech wanted a more modern physics-based class, where new discoveries were relayed to students almost instantly. Feynman developed the lectures due to this, and he was the only professor to teach this new material to the incoming class at Cal Tech in the year of 1961. All of his lectures and drawings were taped and recorded by Cal Tech's staff as a remarking advancement to their institution. This compilation of teachings is perhaps one of the most famous physics books to exist. It has sold over 1.5 million English copies, and has been translated into over a dozen languages. It may not be the work that Feynman was most proud of; however, it ~~may be~~ the work for which he is most ~~famous~~.		The lectures were initially created at a time when Cal Tech was reconsidering its physics material instructed to new students. Cal Tech wanted a more modern physics-based class, where new discoveries were relayed to students almost instantly. Feynman developed the lectures due to this, and he was the only professor to teach this new material to the incoming class at Cal Tech in the year of 1961. All of his lectures and drawings were taped and recorded by Cal Tech's staff as a remarking advancement to their institution. This compilation of teachings is perhaps one of the most famous physics books to exist. It has sold over 1.5 million English copies, and has been translated into over a dozen languages. It may not be the work that Feynman was most proud of; however, it is the work for which he is most known.

	==Quotes by Feynman==		==Quotes by Feynman==

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	[[File:1FeynmanLecturesOnPhysics.jpg\|280px\|thumb\|left\|The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1963) by Feynman, R.; Leighton, R.; & Sands, M.]]		[[File:1FeynmanLecturesOnPhysics.jpg\|280px\|thumb\|left\|The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1963) by Feynman, R.; Leighton, R.; & Sands, M.]]

	''The Feynman Lectures on Physics'' is a physics textbook written by Richard P. Feynman himself, that ~~were~~ given to collegiate students at Cal Tech from 1961 to 1963. The book also had two other authors: Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands. The book is composed of three volumes, with the first focusing on heat, radiation, and mechanics; the second one exploring matter and electromagnetism; and the third volume discussing quantum mechanics. However, the book also includes several chapters focusing on relating physics to other subjects, including mathematics.		''The Feynman Lectures on Physics'' is a physics textbook written by Richard P. Feynman himself, that was given to collegiate students at Cal Tech from 1961 to 1963. The book also had two other authors: Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands. The book is composed of three volumes, with the first focusing on heat, radiation, and mechanics; the second one exploring matter and electromagnetism; and the third volume discussing quantum mechanics. However, the book also includes several chapters focusing on relating physics to other subjects, including mathematics.

	The lectures were initially created at a time when Cal Tech was reconsidering its physics material instructed to new students. Cal Tech wanted a more modern physics-based class, where new discoveries were relayed to students almost instantly. Feynman developed the lectures due to this, and he was the only professor to teach this new material to the incoming class at Cal Tech in the year of 1961. All of his lectures and drawings were taped and recorded by Cal Tech's staff as a remarking advancement to their institution. This compilation of teachings is perhaps one of the most famous physics books to exist. It has sold over 1.5 million English copies, and has been translated into over a dozen languages. It may not be the work that Feynman was most proud of; however, it may be the work for which he is most famous.		The lectures were initially created at a time when Cal Tech was reconsidering its physics material instructed to new students. Cal Tech wanted a more modern physics-based class, where new discoveries were relayed to students almost instantly. Feynman developed the lectures due to this, and he was the only professor to teach this new material to the incoming class at Cal Tech in the year of 1961. All of his lectures and drawings were taped and recorded by Cal Tech's staff as a remarking advancement to their institution. This compilation of teachings is perhaps one of the most famous physics books to exist. It has sold over 1.5 million English copies, and has been translated into over a dozen languages. It may not be the work that Feynman was most proud of; however, it may be the work for which he is most famous.