Richard Feynman (1918 – 1988) was an American theoretical physicist and popular author, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 jointly with Julian Schwinger and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga.
Physics techniques and problems named after Feynman
edit- Bethe–Feynman formula
- Feynman's algorithm
- Feynman–Kac formula
- Feynman–Kleinert Quasi-Classical Wigner method
- Feynman checkerboard
- Feynman diagram
- Feynman gauge
- Feynman path integral
- Feynman parametrization
- Feynman propagator
- Feynman slash notation
- Feynman–Smoluchowski ratchet
- Feynman sprinkler
- Heaviside–Feynman formula
- Hellmann–Feynman theorem
- Stückelberg–Feynman interpretation
- Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory
Other things named after Feynman
edit- 7495 Feynman, asteroid
- Feynmanium, a theoretical chemical element with atomic number Z = 137
- Feynman point (not connected to Feynman)
- Feynman Technique
- Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology