| Richard Feynman's Safecracking Numerical Pad | |
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Origin |
Richard Feynman |
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Type |
Safecracking Numerical Pad |
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Function |
Unlocks electrical or magnetic locks. |
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Location |
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Collected by |
Arthur Nielsen and James MacPherson |
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Retrieval |
October 15th, 1984 |
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Usage Period |
1947 - 1984 |
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Origin[]
Richard Phillips Feynman (/ˈfaɪnmən/; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as his work 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 jointly with Julian Schwinger and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga.
Feynman developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions describing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. During his lifetime, Feynman became one of the best-known scientists in the world. In a 1999 poll of 130 leading physicists worldwide by the British journal Physics World, he was ranked the seventh-greatest physicist of all time.
He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and became known to a wide public in the 1980s as a member of the Rogers Commission, the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Along with his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing and introducing the concept of nanotechnology. He held the Richard C. Tolman professorship in theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology.
The Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Richard Feynman, began safecracking while working on the United States’ atomic bomb project at Los Alamos during the Second World War. The hobby fascinated him and he devoted a whole chapter of his autobiographical memoir to stories relating to safes he’d cracked.
The Numerical Pad was invented by a bored Feynman shortly after working at Los Alamos, wanting to see if he could streamline the process of cracking safes. It was also updated before his death to work on electronic locks with pin numbers.
Effects[]
Able to bypass electronic or tumbler locks with ease.
Collection[]
Collected by Arthur Nielsen and James MacPherson on October 15th, 1984.