Richard Feynman's unsent love letter to his late wife shows that love doesn't always end with goodbye

North America Science Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:18:50 GMT Moderate confidence — 73/100

Image(s): Sotheby'sRichard Feynman is remembered as one of the twentieth century's greatest physicists, a Nobel Prize winner whose work transformed quantum electrodynamics and whose wit made science accessible to millions.
Yet behind the celebrated scientist was a man who experienced profound personal loss at a young age.
In 1945, his wife, Arline Greenbaum Feynman, died from tuberculosis just weeks after the atomic bomb was tested in New Mexico, where Feynman had been working on the Manhattan Project.

Image(s): Sotheby'sRichard Feynman is remembered as one of the twentieth century's greatest physicists, a Nobel Prize winner whose work transformed quantum electrodynamics and whose wit made science accessible to millions.
Yet behind the celebrated scientist was a man who experienced profound personal loss at a young age.
In 1945, his wife, Arline Greenbaum Feynman, died from tuberculosis just weeks after the atomic bomb was tested in New Mexico, where Feynman had been working on the Manhattan Project.

Sources: Times of India