which he thought was much better than the standard notation. Realising the importance of mathematical notation, he invented his own notation for sin, cos, tan, f ( x ) f (x) f ( x ) etc. He studied a lot of mathematics in his own time including trigonometry, differential and integral calculus, and complex numbers long before he met these topics in his formal education. Basically he enjoyed recreational mathematics from which he derived a large amount of pleasure. To me, no real man ever paid any attention to poetry and such things.Īt school Feynman approached mathematics in a highly unconventional way. I always worried about being a sissy I didn't want to be too delicate. He found little liking for arts type subjects at this time :. When he entered Far Rockaway High School his interests were almost entirely mathematics and science. In particular he wired circuits with light bulbs, he invented a burglar alarm, and he took radios apart to repair damaged circuits. He also set up a laboratory in his room at home where he experimented with electricity. Richard, or Ritty as his friends called him, learnt a great deal of science from Encyclopaedia Britannica and taught himself elementary mathematics before he encountered it at school. The family moved several times during these years but when Richard was ten they settled in Far Rockaway. After this, he remained an only child until his sister Joan was born when he was nine years old. It meant that a sadness fell over the household which must have greatly affected the young Richard. Tragedy struck the family when Richard was five years old for Lucille and Melville had a second son who died when four weeks old. Humour and storytelling came from Lucille. Melville's gift to the family was knowledge and seriousness. Melville wanted his first child to be a son and he also wanted him to become a scientist so, overjoyed when he got the son he wanted, he did all he could to interest Richard in science throughout his childhood. She trained as a primary school teacher but married Melville in 1917 before taking up a profession.Īfter their marriage Lucille and Melville Feynman moved into a Manhattan apartment and, in the following year, their first child Richard was born. Lucille's father had emigrated from Poland and her mother also came from a family of Polish immigrants.
Lucille Phillips was born in the United States into a Jewish family. It is clear that his talents were not in business but rather in science which was the subject that fascinated him but he never had the opportunity to make a career from it. He was a business man who tried, not too successfully, many different types of business. Melville was born into a Jewish family in Minsk, Belarus, and emigrated with his parents to the United States when he was five years old.
Biography Richard Feynman's parents were Melville Feynman and Lucille Phillips.
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