The Noise of the Streets and the Peace of the Garden

Abstract

The two fields of endeavour. When I look back over the many aspects of my life I can make out two major areas of work that I was involved in at various times which brought me a large part of the happiness that lit up my life. The first and oldest area is science. I didn’t pursue it, as the common idiom holds, “for its own sake” (for science has no sake) but simply because nothing in the world brought me deeper, more enduring and unspoilt joy.