The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Richard P. Feynman
Feynman, Richard P.
/fayn'mn/ 1918-1988. A US
physicist, computer scientist and author who graduated from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton.
Feynmane was a key figure in helping Oppenheimer and team
develop atomic bomb. In 1950 he became a professor at
Caltech and in 1965 became Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics
for QED (quantum electrodynamics). He was a primary figure in
"solving" the Challenger disaster O-ring problem. He
"rediscovered" the former Soviet Socialist Republic of Tuva.
The 2001 film "Infinity" about Feynman's early life featured
Matthew Broderick and Patricia Arquette. In 2001, "QED", a
play about Feynman's life featuring Alan Alda opened.
(http://www.feynman.com/).
(2008-01-14)