This evening as I was eating supper I was listening to a lecture given by Feynman. "Basic Physics", one of the lectures in the book, Six Easy Pieces. And meanwhile I was ruminating on how his books and he continues to be an inspiration to me. If I would have to list my "heros" Feynman surely would be some where in the top ten.

Sashi

Stuff from "Surely You Are Joking Mr. Feynman." (a must read book)

In "Alfred Nobel's Other Mistake", Feynman almost makes you believe he would rather have not accepted the prize only because of the time differences between Europe and the US. But reading about his brush with Swedish Royalty is most entertaining.

[...] I therefore had no idea why someone would be calling me at 3:30 or 4:00 in the morning. "Professor Feynman?" "Hey! Why are you bothering me at this time in the morning?" "I thought you'd like to know that you've won the Nobel prize." "Yeah, but I'm sleeping! It would have been better if you had called me in the morning." -- and I hung up. My wife said, "Who was that?" "They told me I won the Nobel Prize." "Oh, Richard, who was it?"