You can read his whole Nobel speech online and it's well worth a read. My favorite part is: "There was a gentleman, newly arrived from Europe (Herbert Jehle) w

You can read his whole Nobel speech online and it's well worth a read. My favorite part is: "There was a gentleman, newly arrived from Europe (Herbert Jehle) who came and sat next to me. Europeans are much more serious than we are in America because they think that a good place to discuss intellectual matters is a beer party. So, he sat by me and asked, "what are you doing?" and I said, "I'm drinking beer!" Then I realized that he wanted to know what work I was doing..." link: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1965/feynman-lecture.html http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/196...