Home is Where the Wind Blows

• Part One: 34, Primrose Lane: 1915-1939MapsThe First World WarForgotten TimesComing to Grips with Who You AreCreeping Like Snail More Slowly Than ShakespeareA Scholarship Won from the Grip of FateFirst Journeys to CambridgeThen the Undergrduate Seeking a Bubble Reputation in the Cannon’s MouthDark Clouds Across the SunThe Last of the Old WorldPart Two: The Larger World of Science: 1939 – 1958MapsSir Arthur EddingtonAt War with GermanyThe Nutbourne SagaThe Saga ContinuesThe AftermathThe Origin of the Chemical ElementsBrave New WorldAn Unknown Level in Carbon-12Steps to the WatershedThe WatershedPart Three: Home Is Where the Wind Blows: 1959 –A Vintage YearDroll StoriesThe Montros of ScotlandThe Institute of Astronomy, but Still in Slow StagesThe Thirty-ninth StepThe Bay of the BirdsClimbing the Last MonroA Lucky EndingIndex

"A compelling, beautifully written, and rollicking good read it is… All working astronomers and others seeking rich and controversial insights should read this book." --Science "Above all, a charming autobiography." --Sky & Telescope "Every astronomer will want to read this work, and those who do will be well rewarded." --Nature "Hoyle blazes bright, as human being and scientist." --Publishers Weekly "No one should go without this book who wants a whiff of the excitement that can come from telling friend from foe, doing science, struggling with great questions, seeing how the Universe works." --John Archibald Wheeler, Princeton