#14: Richard Feynman *42
A Nobel laureate in physics for expanding
the theory of quantum electro-dynamics, the theory of the interaction
between light and matter, he changed how scientists understand the nature
of waves and particles. He also did important research into particle theory
and the superfluidity of liquid helium, assisted in the creation of the
atomic bomb, and invented “Feynman diagrams,” a tool to calculate
and conceptualize the behavior of interacting subatomic particles. 
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Michael Witte ’66
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