Feynman

American  

[fahyn-muhn] / ˈfaɪn mən /

noun

1. Richard Phillips, 1918–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1965.

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Feynman British  

/ ˈfaɪnmən /

noun

1. Richard . 1918–88, US physicist, noted for his research on quantum electrodynamics; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1965

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Feynman Scientific  

/ fīn′mən /

1. American physicist who developed the theory of quantum electrodynamics, laying the foundation for all other quantum field theories. His approach combined quantum mechanics and relativity theory, and exploited a method using diagrams of particle interactions to greatly simplify calculations. For this work he shared with American physicist Julian Schwinger and Japanese physicist Sin-Itiro Tomonaga the 1965 Nobel Prize for physics.

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Example Sentences

I have read before sleep no fewer than four scientific or science-adjacent books by James Gleick: “Chaos,” “The Information,” “Time Travel” and his biography of Richard Feynman, “Genius.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Arcuri said Wall Street will be looking for more details on Nvidia’s roadmap all the way through its Feynman architecture, which is what follows the upcoming Vera Rubin platform.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 15, 2026

“I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty about different things,” Feynman said in 1981, “but I'm not absolutely sure of anything.”

From Salon • May 20, 2025

Complete with chalkboard-like scientific diagrams, the vehicle once belonged to Richard Feynman, the late Nobel Prize-winning Caltech physicist.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

The next day the Oak Ridge directors gathered to hear his findings, but right before the meeting an army colonel warned Feynman not to discuss any secret information about how the atomic bomb might work.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin