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shown to have some degree of shape-shifting with his alien form being shown as a large, insect-like creature capable of completely slaughtering army troops. In the comic he seems to be a bit of a timid man and his status as an alien is used to question his opinions. He’s boldly made a trip to the Siill homeworld and helped in the FDR AI program. Fermi seems to have a friendship with Daghlian, possibly as a result of both “men” being both much less and much more than human. Fact: Richard Feynman nanotechnology. In addition to that, he was a science educator, somewhat akin to Carl Sagan and wrote many books about both his works and life. He became involved with the Manhattan Project during his graduate work at Princeton at the urging of Oppenheimer. He worked mainly in computational capacities but delighted in playing jokes on the other scientists there and picking the locks on their lockers and safes. Out of boredom, he would often sneak away and play drums in the hills surrounding Los Alamos, leading to a tale of a mysterious drummer named “Injun Joe”. He had a quirky personality with an odd sense of humor, took every physics class at MIT, and came off as a bit larger than life. Fiction: Richard Feynman Richard Feynman as portrayed in The Manhattan Projects is likely the most accurate portrayal of any of the characters. He’s cocky, brilliant, and delights in jokes. If anything, he’s a bit more narcissistic in the comic than in life, but that’s it. He’s the youngest of the group (not counting Daghlian in his irradiated state), which makes for a bit of naivety and innocence on his part. Feynman was the one to solve the mystery of Einstein’s Pulling Way gateway and open up the portal to other worlds. It’s through his brilliance and insight that the group was able use the Pulling Way and journey to the Siill homeworld. He also was the one to parachute into Germany to recruit Wernher von Braun, despite their idealogical differences. In later issues he seems to reach a sort of understanding with Wernher in their pursuit of their goals. Fact: Wernher von Braun

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Next to Einstein, Richard Feynman is likely the most wellknown scientist involved with the Manhattan Project. He assisted with the creation of the atomic bomb, investigated the Challenger explosion, pioneered quantum computing, and introduced the concept of

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