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The Young Feynman
How a 21‐year‐old grad student met this 28‐year‐old assistant prof and went on to amaze the kids, wreak havoc in the lab and invent a new way to understand quantum mechanics.
Feynman at Cornell
Personal letters written about Feynman when he was a young professor at Cornell recount his adventures with friends and paint a picture of a uniquely brilliant physicist.
A Path to Quantum Electrodynamics
A youthful fascination with electrodynamics drove Feynman through a succession of ideas until, with a prod by experiment, he reached an intuitive view of quantum electrodynamics.
Dick Feynman—The Guy in the Office Down the Hall
A brilliant, vital and amusing neighbor, Feynman was a stimulating (if sometimes exasperating) partner in discussions of profound issues. His sum‐over‐paths method may turn out to be not just useful, but fundamental.
Feynman and Partons
‘I am more sure of the conclusions [of the parton model] than of any single argument which suggested them to me for they have an internal consistency which surprises me and exceeds the consistency of my deductive arguments which hinted at their existence.’
Richard Feynman and Condensed Matter Physics
During the mid‐1950s Feynman's interests concentrated on problems in condensed matter, including liquid helium, rotons, polarons and superconductivity.
Richard P. Feynman, Teacher
His achievement as a teacher—and as an inspiration and model for other teachers—was based on nothing less than seeing all of physics with fresh new eyes.
Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine
In his last years, Feynman helped build an innovative computer. He had great fun with computers. Half the fun was explaining things to anyone who would listen.
A Lowbrow's View of Feynman
Feynman's theoretical concepts opened up research opportunities for experimenters, and his approach to physics dignified the role played by their work.