Henderson H. Richard Feynman: Quarks, Bombs, and Bongos

Chelsea House Pub., 2011. - 138 p.Richard Feynman recounts the life and career of the American physicist known for his work in particle physics, quantum mechanics, and quantum electrodynamics, a theory that illustrates the behavior of electrically charged particles, such as electrons, and their interaction with electromagnetic radiation. He played a significant role in the development of the atomic bomb and the introduction of the nuclear age and was a member of the 1986 panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In 1965, Feynman shared the Nobel Prize in physics, with fellow physicists Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, for his contributions to quantum electrodynamics.
Richard Feynman includes 30 photographs and line illustrations, a chronology, a glossary, a list of print and Internet resources, and an index.Feynman and American Science
War and Love
A Many-Faceted Person
The Joy of Finding Out
The Essence of Mathematics
An Early Lesson in Physics
Learning How to See
A Boy and His Laboratory
A Generation of Tinkerers
High School Physics and Mathematics
Along the Infinite Corridor
A New Kind of School
The Engineering Culture
Mathematics or Physics?
Hands-on Physics
A Not So Well-Rounded Student
Entering the Quantum World
Changing Pictures of the Atom
Inside the Atom
Wave or Particle?
A Perplexing Experiment
Competing Theories
Feynman’s Quantum Leap
“The Last Word in Cosmic Rays”
Inside Crystals
Princeton and Quantum Mechanics
Mentor and Friend
“Some New Ideas Are Needed”
Feynman, Wheeler, and a Summer of Physics
The Feynman-Wheeler Theory
Physics at War
Love and Crisis
When Atoms Split
Lise Meitner and Nuclear Fission
Off to the Secret City
The Human Computer
“The Puzzle of You”
“Tickling the Dragon”
Hedging Their Bets
Saying Good-bye
The Sun Rises Early
Writing the Atomic Playbook
Physics Loses Its Innocence
Beginning an Academic Career
A Shower of Particles
The Shelter Island Conference
Feynman’s Funny Diagrams
Julian Schwinger: Noted American Theoretical Physicist
Frustration in Pennsylvania
“Interesting Problems”
Sunny Days in Brazil
A Brief Marriage
Liquid Helium and Other Puzzles
The Office Next Door
The End of Bachelor Life
Winning the Nobel Prize
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga: Influential Japanese Physicist
From Partons to Quarks
Feynman the Biologist
Prophet of Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology Today
The Teacher and the Performer
Welcome to Physics
The Value of Science
The Feynman Lectures
Science for Poets
“Cargo Cult Science”
A War against Bad Textbooks
Overarching Principles
Educating the Public
Feynman the Performer
Feynman the Artist and Poet
A Sampling of Feynman Stories
A Final Challenge
Feynman and Computer Science
Quantum Computing
The Connection Machine
Computers with “Brains”
Challenger
Final Days
Conclusion: Assessing a Life
ChronologyFurther Resources