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Richard Feynman

Born

22 May 1918 (age 104) New York City, United States

Died

15 February 1988 (aged 69) Los Angeles, United States

Awards

Nobel Prize in Physics (1965) • Albert Einstein Award (1954) • Guggenheim Fellowship (1956)

Fields

Atomic physics • particle physics • quantum mechanics • nanotechnology

Spouse

Arline Greenbaum (m. 1942)

Children

Michelle Feynman

Ethnicity

Ashkenazi Jewish

Known for

Feynman diagramsFeynman Lectures on PhysicsFeynman's space-time map

Citizenship

American

Occupations

Physicist • musical composer • professor

Years active

1942–1988

Associated acts

The Manhattan ProjectCaltechCornell University

Academic advisors

John WheelerVictor Weisskopf

Related instruments

Piano

Richard Feynman