From the scratch (Part 1)

“(½) I would say I sort of grew up in an academic environment. My grandfather, who was a high school teacher, had a strong influence on me. He had this humongous collection of books which he had read through and through, and whenever my brother and I asked him a question, he used to point us to the corresponding book and we would then read it together. The other influence came from my great-grandmother. She wasn’t educated formally however she…