Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book. It takes a while to get through this book because of the wealth of information presented. It is important to know how to think about thinking. This author did a lot of research and talks about his experiences , too.

The author is an academic, and his memoir is an account of the people he worked with, the studies he published, the studies he found interesting, and insider stories about his colleagues and peers.

I enjoy memoirs that detail challenges, struggles, and the triumph of perseverance and stoicism - these are the stuff that inspire strength and hope. This book, however, is more educational than inspiring. The obsession with intelligence amuse me.

I’m glad I read till the end though, because the last bit about the differences in worldview between Easterners and Westerners interesting was a gem!