Feynmann's solved ‘restaurant dilemma’ 50 years ago — now a study confirms his mathematics

Richard Feynman was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics. Credit: AP Photo/Scott Stewart/Alamy In a scene that could have easily featured in an episode of the US television sitcom The Big Bang Theory , the late US physicist Richard Feynman once turned a visit to a Thai restaurant he often dined at into a mathematical riddle: how adventurous should we be in trying new dishes? Feynman promptly solved this on a sheet of paper. …