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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Basic timeline of Richard Feynman

This post is a basic timeline of physicist Richard Feynman (1918-1988). There are 15 events listed below chronologically.

1918: Born in New York City
1939: Receives BA in physics from MIT
1941: Begins working on ballistics for the Frankford Arsenal in Pennsylvania
1942: Begins working for the Manhattan Project
1942: Writes thesis titled The Principle of Least Action in Quantum Mechanics
1942: Receives PhD from Princeton University
1944: Begins teaching at Cornell University
1948: Delivers presentation titled Alternative Formulation of Quantum Electrodynamics that includes Feynman diagrams
1949: Writes The Theory of Positrons which proposes the Feynman propagator
1950: Begins teaching at Caltech
1958: Publishes QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
1964: Publishes The Feynman Lectures on Physics
1965: Receives Nobel Prize in Physics
1985: Publishes Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
1988: Died at age 69 in Los Angeles, California

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