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I had a friend whose father worked on the Manhattan project to build the first atomic bomb. He had the best stories. Here's one:
One night, a bunch of nuclear physicists, some of whom had Nobel prizes, were drinking and they argued about whether or not they could really know that the light in the refrigerator turns off when the door closes. So they opened the fridge and took everything out and place into that fridge one Nobel Laureate (I don't know which one). Sure enough, the light turned off.
Not really on point, but Carl Sagan used to live next door to a frat at Cornell. They invited him over for dinner one night to be neighborly. He responded by telling them his appearance fee. They had a bit of a feud after that, egging his house and such.
Einstein wasn't good with women. He fell in love with his wife partly because she was a talented physicist. They had dreams of working together. He was quite a bit more talented though. There marriage fell apart when he began to explain his theories to his cousin. He left his wife and married his cousin. (gross, huh)
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