"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

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Feynman, Richard P. (1966). "The Development of the Space-Time View of Quantum Electrodynamics". Science (published August 12, 1966). 153 (3737): 699–708. Bibcode: 1966Sci...153..699F. doi: 10.1126/science.153.3737.699. PMID 17791121.

Edgar, R. S.; Feynman, Richard P.; Klein, S.; Lielausis, I.; Steinberg, C. M. (1962). "Mapping experiments with r mutants of bacteriophage T4D". Genetics (published February 1962). 47 (2): 179–86. doi: 10.1093/genetics/47.2.179. PMC 1210321. PMID 13889186. The Messenger Lectures, given at Cornell in 1964, in which he explains basic topics in physics; [218] adapted into the book The Character of Physical Law Hirshberg, Charles (April 18, 2002). "My Mother, the Scientist". Popular Science . Retrieved June 10, 2023. Hu, Jane C. (September 19, 2018). "Replacing names in science after #MeToo". Quartzy . Retrieved June 10, 2023.In 1978, Feynman sought medical treatment for abdominal pains and was diagnosed with liposarcoma, a rare form of cancer. Surgeons removed a "very large" tumor that had crushed one kidney and his spleen. Further operations were performed in October 1986 and October 1987. [191] He was again hospitalized at the UCLA Medical Center on February 3, 1988. A ruptured duodenal ulcer caused kidney failure, and he declined to undergo the dialysis that might have prolonged his life for a few months. Feynman's wife Gweneth, sister Joan, and cousin Frances Lewine watched over him during the final days of his life until he died on February 15, 1988. [192] In 1986 doctors discovered another cancer, Waldenström macroglobulinemia. [193] I really enjoyed his lessons learned from observing the Brazilian educational system. He noted that many of the students were simply memorizing words and formulas and had no understanding of the concepts they applied to. I think this is not a unique problem in education. Harrison, John. "Physics, bongos and the art of the nude". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022 . Retrieved April 23, 2013.

LAWRENCE Richard P. Feynman, 196..." United States Department of Energy. December 28, 2010 . Retrieved June 10, 2023. In the wake of the 1957 Sputnik crisis, the U.S. government's interest in science rose for a time. Feynman was considered for a seat on the President's Science Advisory Committee, but was not appointed. At this time, the FBI interviewed a woman close to Feynman, possibly his ex-wife Bell, who sent a written statement to J. Edgar Hoover on August 8, 1958: Feynman, Richard (March 5, 1966). "Richard Feynman – Session III" (Interview). Interviewed by Charles Weiner. American Institute of Physics. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016 . Retrieved June 19, 2016. Feynman, Richard P. "Appendix F – Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle". Kennedy Space Center. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019 . Retrieved September 11, 2017. Feynman, Richard P. (1949). "The theory of positrons". Physical Review. 76 (6): 749–759. Bibcode: 1949PhRv...76..749F. doi: 10.1103/PhysRev.76.749. S2CID 120117564. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022 . Retrieved May 20, 2019.

Near the end of his life, Feynman attempted to visit the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR) in the Soviet Union, a dream thwarted by Cold War bureaucratic issues. The letter from the Soviet government authorizing the trip was not received until the day after he died. His daughter Michelle later made the journey. [195] Oral history interview transcript with Richard Feynman on 4 February 1973, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives – Session V Feynman had synesthesia, and said that mathematical symbols had different colors for him: "When I see equations, I see the letters in colors. I don't know why. I see vague pictures of Bessel functions with light-tan j's, slightly violet-bluish n's, and dark brown x's flying around." [135] The book's title is taken from a comment made by a woman at Princeton University after Feynman asked for both cream and lemon in his tea, not being familiar with the proper etiquette. [3] Criticism [ edit ] Feynman, Richard P. (1968) [1966]. "What is Science?" (PDF). The Physics Teacher. 7 (6): 313–320. Bibcode: 1969PhTea...7..313F. doi: 10.1119/1.2351388 . Retrieved June 10, 2023. Lecture presented at the fifteenth annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, 1966 in New York City.

Feynman spent several weeks in Rio de Janeiro in July 1949. [114] That year, the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, generating concerns about espionage. [115] Fuchs was arrested as a Soviet spy in 1950 and the FBI questioned Bethe about Feynman's loyalty. [116] Physicist David Bohm was arrested on December 4, 1950 [117] and emigrated to Brazil in October 1951. [118] Because of the fears of a nuclear war, a girlfriend told Feynman that he should also consider moving to South America. [115] He had a sabbatical coming for 1951–1952, [119] and elected to spend it in Brazil, where he gave courses at the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas. March, Robert H. (2003). "Physics at the University of Wisconsin: A History". Physics in Perspective. 5 (2): 130–149. Bibcode: 2003PhP.....5..130M. doi: 10.1007/s00016-003-0142-6. S2CID 120730710.USPS – The 2005 Commemorative Stamp Program". December 2, 2004. Archived from the original on December 30, 2006. Textbooks and lecture notes [ edit ] The Feynman Lectures on Physics including Feynman's Tips on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Edition (2nd edition, 2005)

We will be amazed at the different areas that Feynman could handle in his life. He was very successful in almost all the fields he tried to deal with. He himself is saying that it was due to his confidence that he was able to deal with multiple fields like Physics, Art, and Music in his life. Calisphere: Richard Feynman playing the conga drum". Calisphere. December 1956. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019 . Retrieved May 13, 2019.

Physics Today, American Institute of Physics magazine, February 1989 Issue. (Vol. 42, No. 2.) Special Feynman memorial issue containing non-technical articles on Feynman's life and work in physics.