Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
Richard Feynman
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This article familiarizes the reader with the biography of an outstanding American physicist, Nobel Prizewinner Richard Feynman, famous for his works on quantum field theory, quantum electrodynamics, particle physics, statistical physics, superconductivity, and gravity theory, as well as for his unique contribution to the teaching and popularization of physics.
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Translated by B. Alekseev
Robert Nikolaevich Shcherbakov is a Doctor of Education.
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Shcherbakov, R.N. A Merry Game of Solving the Secrets of Nature: On the Centenary of the Birth of R.P. Feynman. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 88, 307–312 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331618030085
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