The Life Of Richard Feynman
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Richard Feynman was a physicist who was born in Far Rockaway, near
New York City, in 1918. He lived there until he left to attend university
at the Michigan Institute of Technology. He studied there for four years,
and then went to Princeton University where he finished his studies. After
that, he ....
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.... for insulating the bomb so the neutrons
would not escape, and calculating exactly how much uranium or plutonium
would be needed. He was very successful in this early work, and was quickly
promoted to one of the directors of the theoretical division. Feynman had
written that there were four main questions that needed to be answered
before the work could progress.
1. How big must the bombs be? What is the critical mass and radius for each
material? 2. What material would best serve as a ....
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