Exactly! Popular history is very much driven and sometimes twisted by the colorful characters that people like to talk about. Feynman wasn't important in Los Al

Exactly! Popular history is very much driven and sometimes twisted by the colorful characters that people like to talk about. Feynman wasn't important in Los Alamos at that time, he wrote a book of his favourite stories some of which were about his time at Los Alamos. He became famous/important later, due to his work on quantum theory, his lectures and the Challenger investigation.