by John Gribbin
Zweig at 1
Carroll, Lewis 1
Case, Ken 1
Catalina island, near Los Angeles 1
Cedarhurst 1, 2, 3, 4
Centre for Research in Physics, Rio de Janeiro 1, 2, 3
centrifugal force 1
CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics) 1, 2, 3, 4
Chadwick, James 1
Challenger inquiry see Rogers Commission
chaos 1
Chrysler 1, 2
Chu, Shu-Yuan 1, 2, 3
City University, New York 1
Cohen, Art 1, 2
Cohen, Michael 1
collapse of the wave function 1, 2
collapsing stars 1
colour charge 1
Columbia University 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
complexity 1
complex numbers 1
computation 1, 2
Connection Machine 1
Cooper, Leon 1
Copenhagen Interpretation 1, 2
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1, 2, 3 Bethe at see under Bethe
Dyson at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
F. asks for his old job back 1
F. at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Messenger Lectures 1
cosmic rays 1, 2, 3
cosmology 1
Cowan, Glen 1, 2
Cramer, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Crick, Francis 1
critical density 1, 2
critical mass 1, 2
Crossman, Bill 1, 2
current algebra 1, 2
D
Darwin, Charles 1, 2
Davies, Richard 1, 2
Deborah Hospital, Browns Mill, New Jersey 1
Delbrück, Max 1
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchroton (DESY) 1
DeWitt, Bryce 1
Dickens, Charles 1
diffraction grating 1
Dirac equation of the electron 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Dirac, Paul 1, 2, 3, 4 first comprehensive textbook on quantum mechanics 1, 2, 3, 4
as F.’s hero 1
paper on ‘The Lagrangian in quantum mechanics’ 1
proves versions of quantum theory to be equivalent to one another 1, 2
and renormalization 1
Disturbing the Universe (Dyson) 1
DNA 1, 2, 3
Dombey, Norman 1
Double Helix, The (Watson) 1
Dresden Codex 1, 2
Dyson, Freeman 1, 2, 3 and the American Physical Society 1
at Cornell 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and Feynman diagrams 1
and F.’s O ring experiment 1
his paper makes quantum electrodynamics accessible 1, 2
and the Institute for Advanced Study 1, 2
at the Oldstone Conference 1
trip to Albuquerque with F. 1, 2, 3
works for Bomber Command 1
Dyson graphs 1
E
Eddington, Arthur 1, 2
Edgar, Robert 1
eightfold way 1, 2, 3, 4
Einstein, Albert 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and De Broglie’s theory 1
flees from Hitler’s Germany 1
and inertia 1
last important work 1
mass-energy equation 1, 2, 3
theories of relativity see relativity
told of F.’s path integral approach 1
and visualizations 1
and the Wheeler–Feynman theory 1
elastic theory 1
electricity 1, 2, 3
electrodynamics 1, 2 time-symmetric 1
electromagnetic waves 1, 2 and Maxwell’s equations 1
out of phase 1
in phase 1
electromagnetism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and QED 1
electron(s) bouncing off neutrons 1
effects of spin 1
equation of the 1
and experiment with two holes 1, 2
going forwards and backwards in time 1, 2, 3
identified 1, 2
‘jumping’ from one orbit in an atom to another 1, 2
magnetic moment of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
negative-energy 1, 2, 3
negatively charged 1, 2, 3, 4
as particles 1
photons and 1, 2
positive-energy 1
and positrons 1, 2, 3, 4
and radioactive decay 1, 2
self-energy of 1, 2
self-interaction 1, 2, 3, 4
‘spin-zero’ 1
unaffected by the strong force 1
and uncertainty 1
virtual 1
and virtual photons 1, 2
wave behaviour 1, 2
and weak interactions 1, 2
zero radius of 1
electrostatics 1
electroweak theory of particle physics 1
Emde 1
Encyclopaedia Britannica 1, 2, 3, 4
energy
conservation of 1 kinetic 1, 2
potential 1
Engineering and Science 1, 2, 3
Esalen Institute, Big Sur 1, 2, 3
ETH (Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich 1
Ethical Culture Institute, New York 1
Euclid 1
Euclidian geometry 1
evolution 1, 2
‘experiment with two holes’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
F
Far Rockaway High School 1, 2
Far Rockaway, Queens County, New York 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Faust (Goethe) 1, 2
Fermi, Enrico 1, 2, 3
Fermilab 1
fermions 1, 2, 3
Feynman, Anne (F.’s paternal grandmother) 1
Feynman, Arline (née Greenbaum; F.’s first wife) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 corresponds with F. from hospital 1, 2
death 1, 2, 3, 4
encourages F. not to conform 1
engaged to F. 1
illness and hospitalization 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
marries F. 1, 2
start of relationship with F. 1, 2
train journey to Los Alamos 1
Feynman, Carl (F.’s son) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Feynman diagrams 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Feynman, Gweneth (née Howarth; F.’s third wife) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 adventurousness 1, 2, 3
and the Challenger inquiry 1, 2
childhood 1
death 1
F. meets 1, 2, 3
and F.’s death 1
as F.’s housekeeper 1
grave in Altadena 1
illness 1, 2
in Japan 1
marries F. 1, 2, 3
in Stockholm 1
visits Tannu Tuva 1
Feynman–Hellmann theorem 1
Feynman, Henry Phillips (F.’s brother) 1
Feynman, Jakob (F.’s paternal grandfather) 1
Feynman, Joan (F.’s sister) 1 advises F. on understanding the Lee paper 1, 2
and Arline 1, 2
and the aurora borealis 1, 2, 3
birth 1
career in science 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
education 1
on F.’s anecdotes 1
as F.’s ‘first student’ 1
on F.’s messages when dying 1
on her father’s observation of his own illness 1
influence on F. 1
IQ test 1
and Lucille as storyteller 1
moves to be near F. 1
Feynman, Lucille (née Phillips; F.’s mother) and Arline 1
birth 1
death of second son 1
discourages Joan from being a scientist 1
education 1
family background 1
and F.’s birth 1, 2
and F.’s education 1
meets and marries Melville 1
opposes F.’s marriage to Arline 1
personality 1, 2
provision made for 1
as a storyteller 1, 2
teaches
F. laughter and human compassion 1, 2
Feynman, Mary Louise (née Bell; F.’s second wife) 1, 2 as an art history student at Cornell 1
divorce 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
F. proposes by letter 1
honeymoon 1, 2, 3
in Japan 1
marries F. 1, 2
tries to cut F.’s social contact with scientists 1
Feynman, Melville (F.’s father) and anti-semitism 1, 2
Arline paints with 1
corresponds with F. in code 1
death 1
encourages F.’s interest in science 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
family background 1
and F.’s education 1, 2, 3
health problems 1, 2, 3
and Joan’s interest in science 1
marries Lucille 1
opposes F.’s marriage to Arline 1
relationship with F. 1, 2
as a storyteller 1, 2, 3
teaches F. the value of money 1
in the uniform business 1, 2
Feynman, Michelle (F.’s daughter) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Feynman, Richard Phillips ability to explain physics 1
appearance 1, 2
and Arline’s death 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and art 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
becomes the leading physicist of his generation 1
birth (11 May 1918) 1, 2
at Caltech see under California Institute of Technology
carries the quantum mechanics theory to its greatest fruition 1
and Challenger see Rogers Commission
as the ‘Chief’ 1
childhood education 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
completion of his PhD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
and computers 1
at Cornell see under Cornell University
and cosmic rays 1
death (15 February 1988) 1, 2
divorce from Mary Lou 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and Dresden Codex 1, 2
drumming 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Dyson on 1
father encourages his interest in science 1, 2, 3, 4
and father’s death 1
first published 1
first scientific contacts 1
first trip to Europe 1
health problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
his children 1
indifferent to publication 1
integrity 1, 2, 3, 4
Joan influences 1
‘ladykiller’ reputation 1, 2
last public appearance 1
and Manhattan Project see Manhattan Project
marries Arline 1, 2, 3
marries Gweneth 1, 2, 3
marries Mary Lou 1, 2
Messenger Lectures 1, 2
Nobel lecture (Stockholm, 1965) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Nobel Prize for Physics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
personality 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Pocono Conference lecture (1948) 1, 2
and Proctor Fellowship 1
receives Albert Einstein Award 1
refuses honorary degrees 1
research assistantship at Princeton 1
in Rio 1, 2, 3
safecracking 1, 2, 3, 4
as a showman 1, 2
starts at MIT 1, 2, 3
story-telling 1, 2, 3, 4n, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
as a teacher 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
teaches Joan about science 1
trip to Albuquerque with Dyson 1, 2, 3
his van 1, 2
visits Japan 1, 2
works The Art of Richard P. Feynman 1
The Character of Physical Law 1, 2
The Feynman Lectures on Gravitation (Feynman, Morinigo and Wagner) 1, 2, 3, 4
The Feynman Lectures on Physics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
‘Forces in Molecules’ 1
‘Los Alamos from Below’ 1
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
‘The Quantum Mechanical View of Reality’ (lectures) 1
Six Easy Pieces 1
Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman! (with Leighton) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8n, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
‘There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom’ (talk) 1
What Do You Care What Other People Think? (with Leighton) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Field, Richard 1
field theory 1, 2
Finnegans Wake (Joyce) 1
Fokker, Adriaan 1
Ford Foundation 1
Fowler, Willy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Fox, Geoffrey 1
Frankfort Arsenal, Philadelphia 1
friction 1, 2
Friedman, Jerome 1, 2
Frogs, The (Aristophanes) 1
From Eros to Gaia (Dyson) 1, 2
Fuchs, Klaus 1
fundamental particles 1
FVH technique 1
G
gamma rays 1
Gamow, George 1
Gast, Harold 1
Gell-Mann, Murray 1, 2 at Caltech 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
classification of elementary particles 1, 2
and current algebra 1
and the eightfold way 1
Nobel Prize (1969) 1, 2
and quarks 1, 2
and strong interaction 1
and weak interaction 1, 2, 3
General Electric Company 1
General Theory of Relativity see under relativity
Geneva 1, 2, 3
geometry 1, 2
‘ghost’ fields 1
Gianonni 1, 2
Gleick, James 1, 2
gluons 1, 2, 3, 4
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1, 2
Goldberg-Ophir, Haim 1, 2
Goodstein, David 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Graham, William 1, 2, 3, 4
Grand Unified Theory (GUT) 1
gravitational fields 1
gravitational radiation 1
gravitons 1, 2, 3, 4
gravity 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 F.’s postgraduate lectures 1
F.’s work on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
and the inflation theory 1
lack of a completely satisfactory quantum theory of 1
Newtonian 1, 2, 3
and the perturbation technique 1
and superstring theory 1, 2
and a Theory of Everything 1
universal law of gravitation 1
Gribbin, John 1, 2, 3, 4
GUT see Grand Unified Theory
Guth, Alan 1
Guys and Dolls 1
H
hadrons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
hallucinogens 1
Hamiltonian method 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Hamilton, William 1
Hartle, James 1, 2, 3, 4
Harvard University 1
Hatfield, Brian 1, 2
Hawking, Stephen 1
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle 1
Heisenberg, Werner 1, 2, 3, 4
Hellwarth, Robert 1
Hibbs, Al 1, 2
Hillis, Danny 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Hiroshima 1
Hitler, Adolf 1, 2
Hoyle, Fred 1, 2, 3
Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu (Hughes Aircraft Company) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Hunting of the Snark, The (Carroll) 1
Huntington Medical Library 1
hydrogen atoms Bethe calculates the energy for an electron in 1
and microwaves 1
and path integral approach 1
hypnosis 1
I
I Asimov (Asimov) 1
Iben, Icko 1
IBM 1, 2
inertia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
infinities 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
inflation theory 1, 2
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Berlin 1
interference fringes 1
interference pattern 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
intermediate vector bosons see under boso
ns
Introduction to Theoretical Physics (Slater) 1
inverse beta decay 1
IQ, tests 1
Israel Atomic Energy Commission 1
J
Jahnke 1
Jehle, Herbert 1, 2, 3, 4
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena (JPL) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Johnson Space Center 1
Jordan, Pascual 1
Joyce, James 1
K
Kac, Mark 1
kaon 1
Kapitsa, Andrei 1
Kapitsa, Pyotr 1
Karc, Marc 1
Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, Caltech 1, 2
Kendall, Henry 1, 2
Kennedy Space Center 1
Kleinert, Hagen 1, 2
Kramers, Hendrik 1
Kutyna, Air Force General Donald 1, 2
Kyzyl, Tannu Tuva 1, 2, 3
L
La Cañada High School, Los Angeles 1
Lagrange, Joseph Louis 1
Lagrangian approach 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
‘Lagrangian in quantum mechanics, The’ (Dirac) 1
Lamb shift 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Lamb, Willis 1
Lamin, Vladimir 1
Lamy, New Mexico 1
Landau, Lev 1, 2
Langevin, Paul 1
lasers 1
Las Vegas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
laws of motion see under motion
Lee, Tsung Dao (‘T.D.’) 1, 2, 3, 4
Leighton, Phoebe (née Kwan) 1, 2
Leighton, Ralph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 describes F. as a ‘shaman of physics’ 1
at the Esalen Institute 1, 2
on F.’s storytelling 1, 2
and F.’s van 1, 2
marries Phoebe 1
as a musician 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
role as F.’s scribe 1, 2
in Sweden 1
takes F. to Las Vegas 1
and Tannu Tuva 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Leighton, Robert 1 works with F. on the Lectures 1
leptons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
LeSur, William 1
Lewine, Frances (F.’s cousin) 1, 2
Lewine, Pearl (née Phillips; F.’s aunt) 1
Lewine, Ralph (F.’s uncle) 1
Lewine, Robert (F.’s cousin) 1, 2
Lewis, Gilbert 1
Library of Congress 1, 2
light and Maxwell’s equations 1