1. Richard Feynman Born 5/11/1918 Far Rockaway NY Liked taking things apart Solved Puzzles Taught Calculus to himself BS in Physics from MIT

2. Worked on Manhattan Project after PhD from Princeton Von Neumann, Feynman, and Ulam at Los Alamos

3. Professor at Caltech after Cornell Taught Introductory Physics Classes Published the Feynman Lectures on Physics Nobel Prize in Physics for QED in 1965

4. Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) explains how light interacts with matter Feynman Diagrams are tools used to predict these interactions

5. Published best-selling book “Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman, Adventures of a Curious Character” in 1985 Stories from his days in college, the Manhattan Project and Caltech

6. His many other books are still in print

7. Feynman was a member of the Challenger Commission and uncovered the main reason for the explosion of the Space Shuttle during launch in 1986

8. Feynman died on 2/15/1988 of cancer This is how he left the blackboard at Caltech

9. Feynman died on 2/15/1988 of cancer This is how he left the blackboard at Caltech FEYNMAN LIVES

10. Resurrecting Feynman Toy Box, Blocks, and Dirty Water 3-4-5 Triangle

11. Resurrecting Feynman “Cut Short” Pendulum Oscillating Mass

12. Resurrecting Feynman See Resurrecting Feynman handout for more details Bowling Ball Pendulum