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2. Richard Feynman, Demigod of Physics, Father of the Quantum Computer

Vladimir Silva1  
(1)
CARY, NC, USA
 

In the rankings of the greatest physicists of the last century, American physicist Richard Feynman (1918–1988) levels just a few notches below Albert Einstein. His name, legend, and legacy live in the halls of academia as the labors of a demigod. Feynman achieved so much in his 5+ decades in the field of physics: he was part of the Manhattan project that developed the first atomic weapon; his lectures and books in computation and quantum electrodynamics (QED) are the stuff ...

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