‘Nobel’ Autobiography

Apart from several monographs on physics and astrophysics, I have published two books which are collections of various articles of a scientific, semi-scientific, and general, social and political nature Some of these articles contain a great deal of biographical material, and so I do not have any wish to come back to my autobiography. However, it is the wish of the Nobel Foundation that the Nobel Prize winners, together with the lectures, write their autobiographies. I respect the wishes of the Foundation, so I am writing. Of course, I could confine myself to brief biographical information; writing a detailed autobiography is rather dangerous—it can bring reproach for ‘exhibitionism’ and immodesty. Nevertheless, I have decided to write in a rather detailed and frank way, as it corresponds to my habits and tastes. One more reason to justify this decision is that I am already 87 and will hardly ever have another occasion to write about myself and my views.