Steven Weinberg shares his candid thoughts in his own words on theoretical physics and
cosmology along with personal anecdotes and recollections of the people who helped shape his
career. These memoirs of his life as a scientist and public figure cover his student days and
early career through the golden age of particle physics in the 1970s his being awarded the
Nobel prize through to the end of the twentieth century. In addition to his research insights
Weinberg provides glimpses into his life in academia more broadly: dealing with the 'two-body
problem' tenure international conference travel his book-writing advisory work with JASON
and his advocacy for the Superconducting Super Collider. Physicists historians of science and
interested readers will find the presentation engaging and often witty as Weinberg reflects on
his life in physics.
