Feynman started from scratch, drawing pictures whose stick-figure lines show links of influence between particles. Feynman’s colleague, Frank Wilczek, once wrote an entire magazine article in which he attempted to explain the function of the Feynman Diagram. Therefore, a more accurate explanation might state that Feynman was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1965 for the invention of the Feynman Diagram. All around perhaps the best human calculator there’s ever been. He seemed to like best to spend his time figuring things out, and calculating. I think Feynman - at least in the years I knew him - was much more driven by the pure pleasure of actually doing the science. Wolfram wrote: “Some scientists (myself probably included) are driven by the ambition to build grand intellectual edifices. In a heartfelt reminiscence entitled, “My Timewith Richard Feynman,” a former student named Stephen Wolfram recounted his amazement at witnessing Feynman’s mental processes in action. But most of all, he wanted to spend his life figuring things out because he adored the mental process of solving complex problems and arriving at a satisfying conclusion. Feynman wanted to pursue a career that would give him the joy and exertion of a mental challenge. Although he excelled at math, he ultimately found that it was too easy for him he could work through the problems in his head so quickly that they offered him little in the way of mental stimulation.
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