Richard Feynman had that rare gift of being able to explain profound and complicated science so that it was fun, interesting, and easily understood.

Feynman was a theoretical physicist known for his work in quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and in particle physics, for which he proposed the parton model.

For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.