Fact 1264 — Feynman and equations at a club

In the 1960s, Richard Feynman worked on mathematical equations at a table in a Pasadena topless bar several afternoons a week, according to the *Los Angeles Times*; colleague David Goodstein also recalled having lunch with Feynman at his favorite such venue. So the story that he worked around dancers has biographical support. But these sources do not confirm the version that he watched performances to “refresh his mind,” so that should not be presented as an established motive. The illustration is AI-generated.