Richard Feynman
1918 – 1988 American physicist
The physicist who reimagined quantum theory and delighted in explaining science.
- Religion
- A secular Jew and self-described atheist who saw doubt and curiosity as the heart of science.
- Affiliations
- Worked on the Manhattan Project; Nobel laureate. No secret society.
Feynman reformulated quantum mechanics and helped build quantum electrodynamics, one of the most precise theories in science, winning the Nobel Prize. His diagrams and teaching made hard physics vivid and clear. He also famously exposed the cause of the Challenger disaster.