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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Richard P. Feynman

Title:

Theoretical Physics Professor

Affiliation:

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena,California 91109 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1988

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1979

Citation:

"In recognition of his essential contributions to the quantum theory of radiation and to his illumination of behavior of constituents of the atom, of the atomic nucleus, and of the subnuclear particles."

Presented by President Carter at a White House Ceremony on January 14, 1980.

Nobel Laureate:

Physics, 1965

 

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