![]() ![]() To enable physicists to track these paths in a more intuitive way, the ever-inventive Feynman came up with his famous diagrams that at first sight, look like stick figures that kids love to draw. With this method, he proposed that when light travels from one point to another, it takes all possible paths between the two points at the same time. In order to describe the interaction between light and matter, Richard Feynman came up with a brilliant new calculation method which he called, path integrals. ![]() Quantum electrodynamics (QED) is the theory of light and matter, or photons and electrons. Feynman teaching a class at Caltech in 1963 He dedicated a large part of his life to teaching physics, mostly at Caltech, believing that he himself learnt as much from teaching as from his own research into mysteries of nature. Known as the Great Explainer, he was famous for his easy-to-understand explanations of complex scientific concepts and his infectious curiosity about nature. Feynman was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum electrodynamics (QED), including the introduction of the famous Feynman diagram (discussed below). Today would have marked the 103rd birthday of legendary physicist, science communicator and Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman. Richard Feynman, American Nobel-winning physicist (1918-1988) ![]()
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