Example sentences for: feynman

How can you use “feynman” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Although at the time of his presentation, the manipulation of single molecules and single atoms seemed improbable, if not impossible, Feynman challenged his audience to consider a new field of physics, one in which individual molecules and atoms would be manipulated and controlled at the molecular level (Feynman 1960).

  • Reviewers compare him to both Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynman for his ability to make complicated problems of physics comprehensible to the lay enthusiast.

  • James Gleick in his 1992 biography, Genius, the Life and Science of Richard Feynman , quoted the Harvard philosopher, W.V. Quine: I think that for scientific purposes the best we can do is give up the notion of knowledge as a bad job...

  • As an example of highly successful machines at the “small scale,” Feynman prompted his audience to consider the inherent properties of biological cells.

  • The field of nanotechnology has indeed emerged and blossomed since Feynman's 1959 lecture, and scientists from many disciplines are now taking a careful look at the protein “machines” that power biological cells (Drexler 1986).


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