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Feynman was a dignified professor. It was his commitment and passion which made him
the great Richard P. Feynman. He often said to himself, At least Im living, at least Im doing
something; Im making some contribution. Though it was a psychological act but it worked.
To teach elementary concepts was just a fun and an act of delight for Feynman. But
thinking of something new pleased him. He was in search of something new. He wanted to find
modern ways to look at.
In the postwar era, when research style had changed, pragmatism was taking its final
breaths, Feynman emerged himself as an influential and iconoclastic figure. He formulated
quantum electrodynamics in his path integral approach. Path integral formulation is used to
describe quantum mechanics by generalizing the action principles of classical mechanics.
Paul Dirac extended his approach but he was unable to do a precise calculation of sum
over paths. But Feynman solved it and took it to new heights.
4) The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
5) I think, I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.