This is not an autobiography, not a collection of events experienced by the author and belated insights. A well-known scientist and publicist tells how simple and at the same time bizarre his biography developed - the experience of not only professional activity, but also human communication, relationships with famous and interesting people. Without teachings and bluster, the very process of the formation of a human personality, the results of its sociable and practical activities are presented. The reader, especially a young one, will be interested to know and understand how and from what the personal world of a person is made up, not exceptional, but rich and unique in its results.