"i always feel dumb ... there is an uneasy feeling called confusion .... and i'm like a monkey who is trying to put the two sticks together to get the banana."

ralph leighton: author ( of his books ) & friend: "richard is cool . . ."

robert leighton: ( ralph's father ) & feynman's peer physicist: "i'm in awe of richard . . ."

nobel prize: "...they should give people a chance to turn it down . . ."

how to get there?

pose as a stamp collector ? --- an art dealer ? --- an ethnologist ?

+ the process of getting there was more important than getting there ===

the process is the power of the product

Surely, You Must Be Joking Mr. Feynman --- (adventures of a curious character )

What Do You Care What Other People Think ? --- (further adventures of a . . . )

Genius: The Life & Science of Richard Feynman --- (J. Gleick / Pantheon)