September 17, 2010
Pictured: Richard Feynman in his usual office. Not pictured: his nude/topless bar office. Richard Feynman: More Badass Than You’ll Ever Be At Caltech, [Feynman] used a nude/topless bar as an office away from his usual office, making sketches or writing physics equations on paper placemats. When the county officials tried to close the place, all visitors except Feynman refused to testify in favor of the bar, fearing that their families or patrons would learn about their visits. Only Feynman accepted, and in court, he affirmed that the bar was a public need, stating that craftsmen, technicians, engineers, common workers “and a physics professor” frequented the establishment. While the bar lost the court case, it was allowed to remain open as a similar case was pending appeal. (Wiki)

Pictured: Richard Feynman in his usual office. Not pictured: his nude/topless bar office.

Richard Feynman: More Badass Than You’ll Ever Be

At Caltech, [Feynman] used a nude/topless bar as an office away from his usual office, making sketches or writing physics equations on paper placemats. When the county officials tried to close the place, all visitors except Feynman refused to testify in favor of the bar, fearing that their families or patrons would learn about their visits. Only Feynman accepted, and in court, he affirmed that the bar was a public need, stating that craftsmen, technicians, engineers, common workers “and a physics professor” frequented the establishment. While the bar lost the court case, it was allowed to remain open as a similar case was pending appeal. (Wiki)

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    Such is why I fucking love Feynman.
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    chart I reblogged last week. Again, I love this guy.
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