Article ID: CBB001210782

Pictures and Pedagogy: The Role of Diagrams in Feynman's Early Lectures (2012)

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This paper aims to give a substantive account of how Feynman used diagrams in the first lectures in which he explained his new approach to quantum electrodynamics. By critically examining unpublished lecture notes, Feynman's use and interpretation of both Feynman diagrams and other visual representations will be illuminated. This paper will discuss how the morphology of Feynman's early diagrams were determined by both highly contextual issues, which molded his images to local needs and particular physical characterizations, and an overarching common diagrammatic style, which facilitated Feynman's movement between different diagrams despite their divergent forms and significance.

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Authors & Contributors
Kaiser, David Isaac
Wüthrich, Adrian
Wright, Aaron Sidney
Sheredos, Benjamin
Lee, Eunsoo
Suárez, Edna M.
Concepts
Visual representation; visual communication
Diagrams
Physics
Teaching; pedagogy
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Communication within scientific contexts
Time Periods
20th century, late
Renaissance
21st century
20th century
19th century
Enlightenment
Places
United States
Japan
Italy
Soviet Union
Institutions
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (United States)
Università di Pisa
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
University of Chicago
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