Richard Feynman
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Wheeler, John 1, 2, 3, 4 and Arline’s illness 1
becomes F.’s thesis adviser 1
examines F.’s thesis 1
and F.’s entry to Princeton 1
F. works at Wheeler’s house 1
Melville discusses F.’s career with 1
and quantum mechanics 1
research with F. 1
start of friendship with F. 1
tells Einstein of F.’s path integral approach 1
and the Wheeler–Feynman theory of radiation 1, 2
works on the world’s first nuclear reactor 1
Wigner, Eugene 1, 2, 3
Wilson, Robert 1, 2, 3
world lines 1
World’s Fair, Chicago 1
Wu, Chien Shiung 1, 2
Y
Yang, Chen Ning (‘Frank’) 1, 2, 3
Yukawa, Hideki 1
Z
zero shift 1
Zorthian, Jirayr (‘Jerry’) 1, 2
Zurich 1
Zweig, George 1
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
John Gribbin’s numerous bestselling books include In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat, 13.8, Science: A History and The Universe: A Biography. He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was described as ‘one of the finest and most prolific writers of popular science around’ by the Spectator.
Mary Gribbin is a teacher and science writer, and previous winner of the TES Junior Information Book Award. She is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex, and her latest book, Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley and the Birth of Science, co‑written with John Gribbin, was published in May 2017.
Together John and Mary Gribbin have written several science books, including Being Human, Fire on Earth and the series of short ‘in 90 minutes’ biographies of Halley, Einstein, Darwin and Curie.
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