Quote of the Day: Richard Feynman was an American theoretical physicist who was widely regarded as the most brilliant, influential, and iconoclastic figure in his field in the post-World War II era. Born on May 11, 1918 in New York, he was one of the most brilliant and unconventional scientific minds of the 20th century. He apparently developed an early fascination with how things worked, often repairing radios as a teenager simply through experimentation and logic. His curiosity eventually led him to become a theoretical physicist whose work transformed modern science.
Feynman studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later earned his PhD from Princeton University. During World War II, he played a major role in the Manhattan Project, the secret U.S. initiative that developed the atomic bomb. Despite his immense intellect, Feynman became famous not only for his scientific achievements but also for his humor, honesty, and ability to explain difficult concepts in simple language.
