The Liner Notes with backgroundToday we celebrate the birthday of one of the most interesting physicists of all time, Richard Feynman. He was a curious character, equally serious about his science and his fun. He would have been 98 this year.

Richard Feynman really got around. He wrote several books.

Image: Public Domain

Image: Public Domain

 

He won a Nobel Prize in Physics.

Image: Public Domain

Image: Public Domain

 

He cracked safes.

 

He taught physics. (See the whole lecture series here.)

Image: Project Tuva

Image: Project Tuva

 

He played the bongos.

 

He invented a cool diagram.

Image: Wikimedia user joelholdsworth

Image: Wikimedia user joelholdsworth

 

He drew naked women.

Image from: http://www.amusingplanet.com/2009/12/sketches-and-paintings-by-richard.html

Image from: http://www.amusingplanet.com/2009/12/sketches-and-paintings-by-richard.html

 

He worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.

 

He had unusual patents.

 

He testified in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster investigation.

 

His legacy lives on.

Mr. Feynman and an O-ring. I have been unable to find an image credit, so if this is yours, please let me know.

Mr. Feynman and an O-ring. I have been unable to find an image credit, so if this is yours, please let me know.