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Richard Phillips Feynman (11 Mey, 1918 – 15 Februar, 1988) (surname said FINE-man; /ˈfaɪnmən/ in IPA) wis ane o the maist influential pheesicists o the 20t century, haein duin a deal o wark on the theory o quantum electrodynamics. As weel as bein an inspirin lecturer an amateur muisician, he holpit in the makkin o the atomic bomb an wis later a member o the buird that leukit intil the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. For his wark on quantum electrodynamics, Feynman wis gien the 1965 Nobel Prize in Pheesics alang wi Julian Schwinger an Sin-Itiro Tomonaga.
He is weel kent forby for his mony sprees, detailt in the beuks Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, What Do You Care What Other People Think? an Tuva Or Bust!. Richard Feynman wis, in mony respects, an eccentric an a free speerit.
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