Jan V. Sengers was born in 1931 into a large Catholic family in North Holland which is part of The Netherlands. A teenager during World War II, he was an eyewitness to some of the drama and hardship of that conflict. Being a good student, Jan went on to study at a university and obtained a PhD in Physics. While attaining his advanced degree, he met and married a fellow physicist, Anneke Levelt. In this book, Jan reflects on his family's history, his...