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572e7d44dfa6aa1500f8d029	What personality trait did Feynman acquire from his mother?	humor	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nThe young Feynman was heavily influenced by his father, who encouraged him to ask questions to challenge orthodox thinking, and who was always ready to teach Feynman something new. From his mother he gained the sense of humor that he had throughout his life. As a child, he had a talent for engin...
572e7d44dfa6aa1500f8d02a	What person influenced Feynman to think deeply?	father	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nThe young Feynman was heavily influenced by his father, who encouraged him to ask questions to challenge orthodox thinking, and who was always ready to teach Feynman something new. From his mother he gained the sense of humor that he had throughout his life. As a child, he had a talent for engin...
572e7d44dfa6aa1500f8d02b	What electronic instrument did Feynman repair as a child?	radios	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nThe young Feynman was heavily influenced by his father, who encouraged him to ask questions to challenge orthodox thinking, and who was always ready to teach Feynman something new. From his mother he gained the sense of humor that he had throughout his life. As a child, he had a talent for engin...
572e7d44dfa6aa1500f8d02c	As a grade school child he created an electronic device while his parents were away, what was it?	home burglar alarm system	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nThe young Feynman was heavily influenced by his father, who encouraged him to ask questions to challenge orthodox thinking, and who was always ready to teach Feynman something new. From his mother he gained the sense of humor that he had throughout his life. As a child, he had a talent for engin...
572e7d44dfa6aa1500f8d02d	What talent did Feynman have, even early in his childhood?	engineering	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nThe young Feynman was heavily influenced by his father, who encouraged him to ask questions to challenge orthodox thinking, and who was always ready to teach Feynman something new. From his mother he gained the sense of humor that he had throughout his life. As a child, he had a talent for engin...
572e7de1dfa6aa1500f8d033	What happened to Feyman's younger brother?	died at four weeks of age	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nWhen Richard was five years old, his mother gave birth to a younger brother, but this brother died at four weeks of age. Four years later, Richard gained a sister, Joan, and the family moved to Far Rockaway, Queens. Though separated by nine years, Joan and Richard were close, as they both shared...
572e7de1dfa6aa1500f8d034	What is Feynman's sister's name?	Joan	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nWhen Richard was five years old, his mother gave birth to a younger brother, but this brother died at four weeks of age. Four years later, Richard gained a sister, Joan, and the family moved to Far Rockaway, Queens. Though separated by nine years, Joan and Richard were close, as they both shared...
572e7de1dfa6aa1500f8d035	What science displicine did Feyman encourage his sister to study?	astronomy	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nWhen Richard was five years old, his mother gave birth to a younger brother, but this brother died at four weeks of age. Four years later, Richard gained a sister, Joan, and the family moved to Far Rockaway, Queens. Though separated by nine years, Joan and Richard were close, as they both shared...
572e7de1dfa6aa1500f8d036	Who was the one that pushed Joan to explore the universe?	Richard	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nWhen Richard was five years old, his mother gave birth to a younger brother, but this brother died at four weeks of age. Four years later, Richard gained a sister, Joan, and the family moved to Far Rockaway, Queens. Though separated by nine years, Joan and Richard were close, as they both shared...
572e7de1dfa6aa1500f8d037	What career did Joan hold?	astrophysicist	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nWhen Richard was five years old, his mother gave birth to a younger brother, but this brother died at four weeks of age. Four years later, Richard gained a sister, Joan, and the family moved to Far Rockaway, Queens. Though separated by nine years, Joan and Richard were close, as they both shared...
572e7ea2c246551400ce424a	What IQ score did Feyman attain in high school?	123	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman attended Far Rockaway High School, a school in Far Rockaway, Queens also attended by fellow Nobel laureates Burton Richter and Baruch Samuel Blumberg. Upon starting high school, Feynman was quickly promoted into a higher math class. An unspecified school-administered IQ test estimated hi...
572e7ea2c246551400ce424b	What high school did Feynman go to?	Far Rockaway High School	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman attended Far Rockaway High School, a school in Far Rockaway, Queens also attended by fellow Nobel laureates Burton Richter and Baruch Samuel Blumberg. Upon starting high school, Feynman was quickly promoted into a higher math class. An unspecified school-administered IQ test estimated hi...
572e7ea2c246551400ce424c	Feyman taught himself many math subjects, including Trigonometry at what age?	15	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman attended Far Rockaway High School, a school in Far Rockaway, Queens also attended by fellow Nobel laureates Burton Richter and Baruch Samuel Blumberg. Upon starting high school, Feynman was quickly promoted into a higher math class. An unspecified school-administered IQ test estimated hi...
572e7ea2c246551400ce424d	What did Feyman derive before he went to college?	half-derivative	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman attended Far Rockaway High School, a school in Far Rockaway, Queens also attended by fellow Nobel laureates Burton Richter and Baruch Samuel Blumberg. Upon starting high school, Feynman was quickly promoted into a higher math class. An unspecified school-administered IQ test estimated hi...
572e7ea2c246551400ce424e	What burrough was Feynman's high school in?	Queens	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman attended Far Rockaway High School, a school in Far Rockaway, Queens also attended by fellow Nobel laureates Burton Richter and Baruch Samuel Blumberg. Upon starting high school, Feynman was quickly promoted into a higher math class. An unspecified school-administered IQ test estimated hi...
572e7f29c246551400ce4254	Which two sections of the graduate exam did Feynman excel in?	mathematics and physics	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe attained a perfect score on the graduate school entrance exams to Princeton University in mathematics and physics—an unprecedented feat—but did rather poorly on the history and English portions. Attendees at Feynman's first seminar included Albert Einstein, Wolfgang Pauli, and John von Neuman...
572e7f29c246551400ce4255	Which two sections of the graduate exam did Feynman do poorly in?	history and English	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe attained a perfect score on the graduate school entrance exams to Princeton University in mathematics and physics—an unprecedented feat—but did rather poorly on the history and English portions. Attendees at Feynman's first seminar included Albert Einstein, Wolfgang Pauli, and John von Neuman...
572e7f29c246551400ce4256	What score did Feyman receive on his math and physics entrance exams?	perfect score	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe attained a perfect score on the graduate school entrance exams to Princeton University in mathematics and physics—an unprecedented feat—but did rather poorly on the history and English portions. Attendees at Feynman's first seminar included Albert Einstein, Wolfgang Pauli, and John von Neuman...
572e7f29c246551400ce4257	When did he receive his PhD?	1942	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe attained a perfect score on the graduate school entrance exams to Princeton University in mathematics and physics—an unprecedented feat—but did rather poorly on the history and English portions. Attendees at Feynman's first seminar included Albert Einstein, Wolfgang Pauli, and John von Neuman...
572e7f29c246551400ce4258	What was Feynman's PhD thesis titled?	The Principle of Least Action in Quantum Mechanics	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe attained a perfect score on the graduate school entrance exams to Princeton University in mathematics and physics—an unprecedented feat—but did rather poorly on the history and English portions. Attendees at Feynman's first seminar included Albert Einstein, Wolfgang Pauli, and John von Neuman...
572e7ff1cb0c0d14000f11d4	Which weaponry research did Feynman engage in?	Manhattan Project	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAt Princeton, the physicist Robert R. Wilson encouraged Feynman to participate in the Manhattan Project—the wartime U.S. Army project at Los Alamos developing the atomic bomb. Feynman said he was persuaded to join this effort to build it before Nazi Germany developed their own bomb. He was assig...
572e7ff1cb0c0d14000f11d5	Whose division was Feynman assigned to at the Manhattan Project?	Hans Bethe	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAt Princeton, the physicist Robert R. Wilson encouraged Feynman to participate in the Manhattan Project—the wartime U.S. Army project at Los Alamos developing the atomic bomb. Feynman said he was persuaded to join this effort to build it before Nazi Germany developed their own bomb. He was assig...
572e7ff1cb0c0d14000f11d6	What did Feynman produce with the help of Bethe?	Bethe–Feynman formula	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAt Princeton, the physicist Robert R. Wilson encouraged Feynman to participate in the Manhattan Project—the wartime U.S. Army project at Los Alamos developing the atomic bomb. Feynman said he was persuaded to join this effort to build it before Nazi Germany developed their own bomb. He was assig...
572e7ff1cb0c0d14000f11d7	What was the purpose of the Bethe-Feynman formula?	calculating the yield of a fission bomb	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAt Princeton, the physicist Robert R. Wilson encouraged Feynman to participate in the Manhattan Project—the wartime U.S. Army project at Los Alamos developing the atomic bomb. Feynman said he was persuaded to join this effort to build it before Nazi Germany developed their own bomb. He was assig...
572e7ff1cb0c0d14000f11d8	Who had previously worked on fission bomb yields before Feynman?	Robert Serber	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAt Princeton, the physicist Robert R. Wilson encouraged Feynman to participate in the Manhattan Project—the wartime U.S. Army project at Los Alamos developing the atomic bomb. Feynman said he was persuaded to join this effort to build it before Nazi Germany developed their own bomb. He was assig...
572e808d03f98919007566e5	Feynman used this to protect his eyes during the test detonation	truck windshield	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe immersed himself in work on the project, and was present at the Trinity bomb test. Feynman claimed to be the only person to see the explosion without the very dark glasses or welder's lenses provided, reasoning that it was safe to look through a truck windshield, as it would screen out the ha...
572e808d03f98919007566e6	What atomic bomb test did Feynman see?	Trinity bomb test	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe immersed himself in work on the project, and was present at the Trinity bomb test. Feynman claimed to be the only person to see the explosion without the very dark glasses or welder's lenses provided, reasoning that it was safe to look through a truck windshield, as it would screen out the ha...
572e808d03f98919007566e7	What did Feynman see after the atomic test?	"purple splotch" afterimage	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe immersed himself in work on the project, and was present at the Trinity bomb test. Feynman claimed to be the only person to see the explosion without the very dark glasses or welder's lenses provided, reasoning that it was safe to look through a truck windshield, as it would screen out the ha...
572e808d03f98919007566e8	What did Feynman think that the truck windshield would shield him against?	ultraviolet radiation	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe immersed himself in work on the project, and was present at the Trinity bomb test. Feynman claimed to be the only person to see the explosion without the very dark glasses or welder's lenses provided, reasoning that it was safe to look through a truck windshield, as it would screen out the ha...
572e8200c246551400ce4270	What was the Water Boiler that Feyman worked on?	nuclear reactor	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos \"Water Boiler\", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality. On completing this work he was transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided en...
572e8200c246551400ce4271	Where was Feyman sent after his work at Los Alamos?	Oak Ridge facility	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos \"Water Boiler\", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality. On completing this work he was transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided en...
572e8200c246551400ce4272	What did Feynman help produce at the Oak Ridge Facility?	safety procedures	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos \"Water Boiler\", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality. On completing this work he was transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided en...
572e8200c246551400ce4273	Which weapon did Feynman found to not be feasible?	uranium hydride bomb	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos \"Water Boiler\", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality. On completing this work he was transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided en...
572e8200c246551400ce4274	Where did Feynman work on the "Wateer Boiler"?	Los Alamos	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman's other work at Los Alamos included calculating neutron equations for the Los Alamos \"Water Boiler\", a small nuclear reactor, to measure how close an assembly of fissile material was to criticality. On completing this work he was transferred to the Oak Ridge facility, where he aided en...
572e82fc03f98919007566f7	Feynman quickly bored of Los Alamos because the work was all kept __?	top secret	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nDue to the top secret nature of the work, Los Alamos was isolated. In Feynman's own words, \"There wasn't anything to do there.\" Bored, he indulged his curiosity by learning to pick the combination locks on cabinets and desks used to secure papers. Feynman played many jokes on colleagues. In on...
572e82fc03f98919007566f8	How did Feynman spook a colleague?	left a series of notes in the cabinets	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nDue to the top secret nature of the work, Los Alamos was isolated. In Feynman's own words, \"There wasn't anything to do there.\" Bored, he indulged his curiosity by learning to pick the combination locks on cabinets and desks used to secure papers. Feynman played many jokes on colleagues. In on...
572e82fc03f98919007566f9	What did Frederic de Hoffmann think had happened when he found these notes?	saboteur had gained access to atomic bomb secrets	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nDue to the top secret nature of the work, Los Alamos was isolated. In Feynman's own words, \"There wasn't anything to do there.\" Bored, he indulged his curiosity by learning to pick the combination locks on cabinets and desks used to secure papers. Feynman played many jokes on colleagues. In on...
572e82fc03f98919007566fa	Feynman visited his wife in which New Mexico city?	Albuquerque	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nDue to the top secret nature of the work, Los Alamos was isolated. In Feynman's own words, \"There wasn't anything to do there.\" Bored, he indulged his curiosity by learning to pick the combination locks on cabinets and desks used to secure papers. Feynman played many jokes on colleagues. In on...
572e82fc03f98919007566fb	Feynman borrowed a car from Klaus Fuchs, who was later found to be a what?	spy for the Soviets	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nDue to the top secret nature of the work, Los Alamos was isolated. In Feynman's own words, \"There wasn't anything to do there.\" Bored, he indulged his curiosity by learning to pick the combination locks on cabinets and desks used to secure papers. Feynman played many jokes on colleagues. In on...
572e83b6c246551400ce4296	In which book did Feynman talk about the Manhattan project?	The Pleasure of Finding Things Out	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman alludes to his thoughts on the justification for getting involved in the Manhattan project in The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. He felt the possibility of Nazi Germany developing the bomb before the Allies was a compelling reason to help with its development for the U.S. He goes on to ...
572e83b6c246551400ce4297	What was his reasoning in helping make the atomic bomb?	possibility of Nazi Germany developing the bomb before the Allies	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman alludes to his thoughts on the justification for getting involved in the Manhattan project in The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. He felt the possibility of Nazi Germany developing the bomb before the Allies was a compelling reason to help with its development for the U.S. He goes on to ...
572e83b6c246551400ce4298	After feeling guilty for helping make an atomic bomb, Feynman went through what mental disorder?	depression	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman alludes to his thoughts on the justification for getting involved in the Manhattan project in The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. He felt the possibility of Nazi Germany developing the bomb before the Allies was a compelling reason to help with its development for the U.S. He goes on to ...
572e83b6c246551400ce4299	What did Feynman think of his part in making the bomb after Germany had been defeated?	error on his part	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman alludes to his thoughts on the justification for getting involved in the Manhattan project in The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. He felt the possibility of Nazi Germany developing the bomb before the Allies was a compelling reason to help with its development for the U.S. He goes on to ...
572e843cc246551400ce42a8	Where did Feynman receive a job after getting his PhD?	University of Wisconsin–Madison	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFollowing the completion of his PhD in 1942, Feynman held an appointment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor of physics. The appointment was spent on leave for his involvement in the Manhattan project. In 1945, he received a letter from Dean Mark Ingraham of the Coll...
572e843cc246551400ce42a9	Feyman received a letter to return to teaching from whom?	Dean Mark Ingraham	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFollowing the completion of his PhD in 1942, Feynman held an appointment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor of physics. The appointment was spent on leave for his involvement in the Manhattan project. In 1945, he received a letter from Dean Mark Ingraham of the Coll...
572e843cc246551400ce42aa	Which year did Feyman complete his PhD?	1942	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFollowing the completion of his PhD in 1942, Feynman held an appointment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor of physics. The appointment was spent on leave for his involvement in the Manhattan project. In 1945, he received a letter from Dean Mark Ingraham of the Coll...
572e843cc246551400ce42ab	Where did Feynman spend his time during his contract at UW?	Manhattan project	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFollowing the completion of his PhD in 1942, Feynman held an appointment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor of physics. The appointment was spent on leave for his involvement in the Manhattan project. In 1945, he received a letter from Dean Mark Ingraham of the Coll...
572e84dcdfa6aa1500f8d079	At which college did Feyman turn down a job?	Institute for Advanced Study	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAfter the war, Feynman declined an offer from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, despite the presence there of such distinguished faculty members as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel and John von Neumann. Feynman followed Hans Bethe, instead, to Cornell University, where Feynma...
572e84dcdfa6aa1500f8d07a	Where did Feyman accept a job after the war?	Cornell University	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAfter the war, Feynman declined an offer from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, despite the presence there of such distinguished faculty members as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel and John von Neumann. Feynman followed Hans Bethe, instead, to Cornell University, where Feynma...
572e84dcdfa6aa1500f8d07b	Which colleague did Feynman follow to Cornell?	Hans Bethe	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAfter the war, Feynman declined an offer from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, despite the presence there of such distinguished faculty members as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel and John von Neumann. Feynman followed Hans Bethe, instead, to Cornell University, where Feynma...
572e84dcdfa6aa1500f8d07c	Why did Feynman go through a depression?	destruction of Hiroshima by the bomb	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAfter the war, Feynman declined an offer from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, despite the presence there of such distinguished faculty members as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel and John von Neumann. Feynman followed Hans Bethe, instead, to Cornell University, where Feynma...
572e84dcdfa6aa1500f8d07d	His work at Cornell helped contribute to his what?	Nobel Prize–winning work	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAfter the war, Feynman declined an offer from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, despite the presence there of such distinguished faculty members as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel and John von Neumann. Feynman followed Hans Bethe, instead, to Cornell University, where Feynma...
572e85a3cb0c0d14000f123e	Why did Feynman decide to turn down an offer from the Institute of Advanced Study?	no teaching duties	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nDespite yet another offer from the Institute for Advanced Study, Feynman rejected the Institute on the grounds that there were no teaching duties: Feynman felt that students were a source of inspiration and teaching was a diversion during uncreative spells. Because of this, the Institute for Adv...
572e85a3cb0c0d14000f123f	Where did Feynman receive much inspiration?	students	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nDespite yet another offer from the Institute for Advanced Study, Feynman rejected the Institute on the grounds that there were no teaching duties: Feynman felt that students were a source of inspiration and teaching was a diversion during uncreative spells. Because of this, the Institute for Adv...
572e85a3cb0c0d14000f1240	The Institute of Advanced Study and which other university colluded together to get Feynman a position?	Princeton University	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nDespite yet another offer from the Institute for Advanced Study, Feynman rejected the Institute on the grounds that there were no teaching duties: Feynman felt that students were a source of inspiration and teaching was a diversion during uncreative spells. Because of this, the Institute for Adv...
572e85a3cb0c0d14000f1241	Ultimately Feynman decided to take a job at which college?	California Institute of Technology	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nDespite yet another offer from the Institute for Advanced Study, Feynman rejected the Institute on the grounds that there were no teaching duties: Feynman felt that students were a source of inspiration and teaching was a diversion during uncreative spells. Because of this, the Institute for Adv...
572e85a3cb0c0d14000f1242	In which city did Feynman find himself affixing tire chains?	Ithaca	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nDespite yet another offer from the Institute for Advanced Study, Feynman rejected the Institute on the grounds that there were no teaching duties: Feynman felt that students were a source of inspiration and teaching was a diversion during uncreative spells. Because of this, the Institute for Adv...
572e86b8dfa6aa1500f8d0a9	Which nickname did Feynman receive?	Great Explainer	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman has been called the \"Great Explainer\". He gained a reputation for taking great care when giving explanations to his students and for making it a moral duty to make the topic accessible. His guiding principle was that, if a topic could not be explained in a freshman lecture, it was not ...
572e86b8dfa6aa1500f8d0aa	Feynman believed that if a topic was not easily accessible to freshmen than it was not yet what?	fully understood	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman has been called the \"Great Explainer\". He gained a reputation for taking great care when giving explanations to his students and for making it a moral duty to make the topic accessible. His guiding principle was that, if a topic could not be explained in a freshman lecture, it was not ...
572e86b8dfa6aa1500f8d0ab	In a lecture, Feynman said that what had to exist?	antiparticles	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman has been called the \"Great Explainer\". He gained a reputation for taking great care when giving explanations to his students and for making it a moral duty to make the topic accessible. His guiding principle was that, if a topic could not be explained in a freshman lecture, it was not ...
572e86b8dfa6aa1500f8d0ac	Antiparticles had to exist because if particles only were of positive energy, they would not be in what?	light cone	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman has been called the \"Great Explainer\". He gained a reputation for taking great care when giving explanations to his students and for making it a moral duty to make the topic accessible. His guiding principle was that, if a topic could not be explained in a freshman lecture, it was not ...
572e87bedfa6aa1500f8d0cb	What did Feynman produce that help in understanding calculations between particles in space and time?	Feynman diagrams	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe also developed Feynman diagrams, a bookkeeping device that helps in conceptualizing and calculating interactions between particles in spacetime, including the interactions between electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons. This device allowed him, and later others, to approach ti...
572e87bedfa6aa1500f8d0cc	What is the name of the antimatter counterpart of electrons?	positrons	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe also developed Feynman diagrams, a bookkeeping device that helps in conceptualizing and calculating interactions between particles in spacetime, including the interactions between electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons. This device allowed him, and later others, to approach ti...
572e87bedfa6aa1500f8d0cd	Where did Feynman paint his diagrams?	his van	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe also developed Feynman diagrams, a bookkeeping device that helps in conceptualizing and calculating interactions between particles in spacetime, including the interactions between electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons. This device allowed him, and later others, to approach ti...
572e87bedfa6aa1500f8d0ce	What did Feynman digrams allow him and others to do?	approach time reversibility and other fundamental processes	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nHe also developed Feynman diagrams, a bookkeeping device that helps in conceptualizing and calculating interactions between particles in spacetime, including the interactions between electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons. This device allowed him, and later others, to approach ti...
572e88aadfa6aa1500f8d0d3	What model did Murray Gell-Mann develop?	quark model	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFrom his diagrams of a small number of particles interacting in spacetime, Feynman could then model all of physics in terms of the spins of those particles and the range of coupling of the fundamental forces. Feynman attempted an explanation of the strong interactions governing nucleons scatteri...
572e88aadfa6aa1500f8d0d4	What model did Feynman produce to complement the quark model?	parton model	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFrom his diagrams of a small number of particles interacting in spacetime, Feynman could then model all of physics in terms of the spins of those particles and the range of coupling of the fundamental forces. Feynman attempted an explanation of the strong interactions governing nucleons scatteri...
572e88aadfa6aa1500f8d0d5	Quarks were thought of as what in the 1960s?	not real particles	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFrom his diagrams of a small number of particles interacting in spacetime, Feynman could then model all of physics in terms of the spins of those particles and the range of coupling of the fundamental forces. Feynman attempted an explanation of the strong interactions governing nucleons scatteri...
572e88aadfa6aa1500f8d0d6	Which scientist experimented with blasting alpha particles at the nuclei of gold?	Ernest Rutherford	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFrom his diagrams of a small number of particles interacting in spacetime, Feynman could then model all of physics in terms of the spins of those particles and the range of coupling of the fundamental forces. Feynman attempted an explanation of the strong interactions governing nucleons scatteri...
572e88aadfa6aa1500f8d0d7	After the fifth quark was discovered, Feynman said what had to also exist?	sixth quark	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFrom his diagrams of a small number of particles interacting in spacetime, Feynman could then model all of physics in terms of the spins of those particles and the range of coupling of the fundamental forces. Feynman attempted an explanation of the strong interactions governing nucleons scatteri...
572e89d0c246551400ce4302	Where did Feynman find success before moving to quantum gravity	quantum electrodynamics	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAfter the success of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman turned to quantum gravity. By analogy with the photon, which has spin 1, he investigated the consequences of a free massless spin 2 field, and derived the Einstein field equation of general relativity, but little more. The computational devic...
572e89d0c246551400ce4303	What did Feynman investigate while working on quantum gravity?	consequences of a free massless spin 2 field	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAfter the success of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman turned to quantum gravity. By analogy with the photon, which has spin 1, he investigated the consequences of a free massless spin 2 field, and derived the Einstein field equation of general relativity, but little more. The computational devic...
572e89d0c246551400ce4304	What equation did Feyman derive?	Einstein field equation of general relativity	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAfter the success of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman turned to quantum gravity. By analogy with the photon, which has spin 1, he investigated the consequences of a free massless spin 2 field, and derived the Einstein field equation of general relativity, but little more. The computational devic...
572e89d0c246551400ce4305	What did Feynman's discoveries help explain?	Yang–Mills theories	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAfter the success of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman turned to quantum gravity. By analogy with the photon, which has spin 1, he investigated the consequences of a free massless spin 2 field, and derived the Einstein field equation of general relativity, but little more. The computational devic...
572e89d0c246551400ce4306	Which parts of the Yang-Mills theories did Feynman help explain?	QCD and the electro-weak theory	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAfter the success of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman turned to quantum gravity. By analogy with the photon, which has spin 1, he investigated the consequences of a free massless spin 2 field, and derived the Einstein field equation of general relativity, but little more. The computational devic...
572e8b9edfa6aa1500f8d101	Which society was Feynman elected to?	Royal Society	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1965. At this time in the early 1960s, Feynman exhausted himself by working on multiple major projects at the same time, including a request, while at Caltech, to \"spruce up\" the teaching of undergraduates. After three yea...
572e8b9edfa6aa1500f8d102	After 3 years at Caltech what lectures did Feynman produce?	The Feynman Lectures on Physics	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1965. At this time in the early 1960s, Feynman exhausted himself by working on multiple major projects at the same time, including a request, while at Caltech, to \"spruce up\" the teaching of undergraduates. After three yea...
572e8b9edfa6aa1500f8d103	Why did publisher change the cover picture on Feynman's book?	connections to drugs and rock and roll	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1965. At this time in the early 1960s, Feynman exhausted himself by working on multiple major projects at the same time, including a request, while at Caltech, to \"spruce up\" the teaching of undergraduates. After three yea...
572e8b9edfa6aa1500f8d104	In his book, Feynman was shown playing what instrument?	drums	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1965. At this time in the early 1960s, Feynman exhausted himself by working on multiple major projects at the same time, including a request, while at Caltech, to \"spruce up\" the teaching of undergraduates. After three yea...
572e8b9edfa6aa1500f8d105	What was the name of the book Feynman wrote over light and matter?	The Character of Physical Law, QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1965. At this time in the early 1960s, Feynman exhausted himself by working on multiple major projects at the same time, including a request, while at Caltech, to \"spruce up\" the teaching of undergraduates. After three yea...
572e8c7dcb0c0d14000f1288	In which year did Feynman orate the Caltech commencement speech?	1974	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nIn 1974, Feynman delivered the Caltech commencement address on the topic of cargo cult science, which has the semblance of science, but is only pseudoscience due to a lack of \"a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty\" on the ...
572e8c7dcb0c0d14000f1289	Which topic did Feynman's commencement speech at Caltech center around?	cargo cult science	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nIn 1974, Feynman delivered the Caltech commencement address on the topic of cargo cult science, which has the semblance of science, but is only pseudoscience due to a lack of \"a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty\" on the ...
572e8c7dcb0c0d14000f128a	What is cargo cult science?	pseudoscience	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nIn 1974, Feynman delivered the Caltech commencement address on the topic of cargo cult science, which has the semblance of science, but is only pseudoscience due to a lack of \"a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty\" on the ...
572e8c7dcb0c0d14000f128b	What did Feyman tell the class that they must not do to themselves?	fool yourself	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nIn 1974, Feynman delivered the Caltech commencement address on the topic of cargo cult science, which has the semblance of science, but is only pseudoscience due to a lack of \"a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty\" on the ...
572e8d5bc246551400ce4332	What did Feynman help develop in the 1980s?	parallel computer	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nIn the late 1980s, according to \"Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine\", Feynman played a crucial role in developing the first massively parallel computer, and in finding innovative uses for it in numerical computations, in building neural networks, as well as physical simulations using c...
572e8d5bc246551400ce4333	Who did Feynman work with on computers at Caltech?	Stephen Wolfram	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nIn the late 1980s, according to \"Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine\", Feynman played a crucial role in developing the first massively parallel computer, and in finding innovative uses for it in numerical computations, in building neural networks, as well as physical simulations using c...
572e8d5bc246551400ce4334	Who else worked with Feynman on developing computers?	His son Carl	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nIn the late 1980s, according to \"Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine\", Feynman played a crucial role in developing the first massively parallel computer, and in finding innovative uses for it in numerical computations, in building neural networks, as well as physical simulations using c...
572e8d5bc246551400ce4335	What specifically did his son work on?	software	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nIn the late 1980s, according to \"Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine\", Feynman played a crucial role in developing the first massively parallel computer, and in finding innovative uses for it in numerical computations, in building neural networks, as well as physical simulations using c...
572e8d5bc246551400ce4336	What did Feyman do while his son worked on software?	influencing the interconnects	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nIn the late 1980s, according to \"Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine\", Feynman played a crucial role in developing the first massively parallel computer, and in finding innovative uses for it in numerical computations, in building neural networks, as well as physical simulations using c...
572e8ddfc246551400ce433c	What theories do Feynman diagrams help explain?	string theory and M-theory	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman diagrams are now fundamental for string theory and M-theory, and have even been extended topologically. The world-lines of the diagrams have developed to become tubes to allow better modeling of more complicated objects such as strings and membranes. Shortly before his death, Feynman cri...
572e8ddfc246551400ce433d	The diagrams have been made from lines into what 3 dimensional shape?	tubes	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman diagrams are now fundamental for string theory and M-theory, and have even been extended topologically. The world-lines of the diagrams have developed to become tubes to allow better modeling of more complicated objects such as strings and membranes. Shortly before his death, Feynman cri...
572e8ddfc246551400ce433e	What angst did Feynman have against string theorists?	they don't check their ideas	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman diagrams are now fundamental for string theory and M-theory, and have even been extended topologically. The world-lines of the diagrams have developed to become tubes to allow better modeling of more complicated objects such as strings and membranes. Shortly before his death, Feynman cri...
572e8ddfc246551400ce433f	Which quote by Feynman is often used by string theory opponents?	'Well, it still might be true.'"	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman diagrams are now fundamental for string theory and M-theory, and have even been extended topologically. The world-lines of the diagrams have developed to become tubes to allow better modeling of more complicated objects such as strings and membranes. Shortly before his death, Feynman cri...
572e8f2edfa6aa1500f8d133	Feyman's experience on the Rogers Commission was talked about is which of his books?	What Do You Care What Other People Think?	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman devoted the latter half of his book What Do You Care What Other People Think? to his experience on the Rogers Commission, straying from his usual convention of brief, light-hearted anecdotes to deliver an extended and sober narrative. Feynman's account reveals a disconnect between NASA's...
572e8f2edfa6aa1500f8d134	In which way did he write about his experience on the Rogers Commission?	sober narrative	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman devoted the latter half of his book What Do You Care What Other People Think? to his experience on the Rogers Commission, straying from his usual convention of brief, light-hearted anecdotes to deliver an extended and sober narrative. Feynman's account reveals a disconnect between NASA's...
572e8f2edfa6aa1500f8d135	His writings about the Rogers Commission showed that trouble was brewing between scientists and executives at which prolific institute?	NASA	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman devoted the latter half of his book What Do You Care What Other People Think? to his experience on the Rogers Commission, straying from his usual convention of brief, light-hearted anecdotes to deliver an extended and sober narrative. Feynman's account reveals a disconnect between NASA's...
572e8f2edfa6aa1500f8d136	While the higher-ups said a failure was unlikely, at 1 in 100,000 odds, the scientists felt the odd were what?	1 in 200	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman devoted the latter half of his book What Do You Care What Other People Think? to his experience on the Rogers Commission, straying from his usual convention of brief, light-hearted anecdotes to deliver an extended and sober narrative. Feynman's account reveals a disconnect between NASA's...
572e8f2edfa6aa1500f8d137	Who did NASA recruit by using flawed safety numbers?	Christa McAuliffe	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nFeynman devoted the latter half of his book What Do You Care What Other People Think? to his experience on the Rogers Commission, straying from his usual convention of brief, light-hearted anecdotes to deliver an extended and sober narrative. Feynman's account reveals a disconnect between NASA's...
572e8fdecb0c0d14000f1298	Which religious sect did Feynman refuse to be part of?	Jewish	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAlthough born to and raised by parents who were Ashkenazi, Feynman was not only an atheist, but declined to be labelled Jewish. He routinely refused to be included in lists or books that classified people by race. He asked to not be included in Tina Levitan's The Laureates: Jewish Winners of the...
572e8fdecb0c0d14000f1299	Which book did Feynman decline to be listed in?	The Laureates: Jewish Winners of the Nobel Prize	[ "Richard_Feynman\n\nAlthough born to and raised by parents who were Ashkenazi, Feynman was not only an atheist, but declined to be labelled Jewish. He routinely refused to be included in lists or books that classified people by race. He asked to not be included in Tina Levitan's The Laureates: Jewish Winners of the...

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