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“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman”: Adventures of a Curious CharacterI figure IБЂ™ll be met, or somebody else will know where weБЂ™re going; itБЂ™ll get straightened out somehow. One time, in 1957, I went to a gravity conference at the University of North Carolina. I was supposed to be an expert in a different field who looks at gravity. I landed at the airport a day late for the conference (I couldnБЂ™t make it the first day), and I went out to where the taxis were. I said to the dispatcher, БЂњIБЂ™d like to go to the University of North Carolina.БЂ«БЂњWhich do you mean,БЂ«he said, БЂњthe State University of North Carolina at Raleigh, or the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?БЂ«Needless to say, I hadnБЂ™t the slightest idea. БЂњWhere are they?БЂ«I asked, figuring that one must be near the other. БЂњOneБЂ™s north of here, and the other is south of here, about the same distance.БЂ«I had nothing with me that showed which one it was, and there was nobody else going to the conference a day late like I was. That gave me an idea. БЂњListen,БЂ«I said to the dispatcher ...» | Код для вставки книги в блог HTML
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