Feynman on Calculus of variations: “When I was in high school, my physics teacher—whose name was Mr. Bader—called me down one day after physics class and said,

Feynman on Calculus of variations: “When I was in high school, my physics teacher—whose name was Mr. Bader—called me down one day after physics class and said, ‘You look bored; I want to tell you something interesting.’ Then he told me something which I found absolutely fascinating, and have, since then, always found fascinating. Every time the subject comes up, I work on it. In fact, when I began to prepare this lecture I found myself making more analyses on the thing. Instead of worrying about the lecture, I got involved in a new problem. The subject is this—the principle of least action." The rest at: http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/II_19.html http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/II_19.html