Richard Feynman Biography

Richard Feynman biography

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NAME: Richard Feynman
OCCUPATION: Academic, Inventor, Physicist
BIRTH DATE: May 11, 1918
DEATH DATE: February 15, 1988
EDUCATION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Queens, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: Los Angeles, California

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American physicist Richard Feynman is an American physicist best known for his work in quantum mechanics. He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb.

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American physicist Richard Feynman is an American physicist best known for his work in quantum mechanics and particle physics. While working on his Ph.D. from Princeton, he was encouraged to participate in the Manhattan Project and assisted in the development of the atomic bomb. Feynman taught at Cornell University and California Institute of Technology. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.