X‐ray Compton scattering. By Malcolm J. Cooper, Peter E. Mijnarends, Nobuhiro Shiotani, Nobuhiko Sakai and Arun Bansil. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. XVII + 374. Price GPB 95.10. ISBN 0 19 850168 4.

264 Acta Cryst. (2005). A61, 262–264 solved them with accounts of the family circle, their travels at home and abroad and their interactions with their very wide circle of friends. Having known Bragg, I was delighted to read Hunter’s account, which succeeds in bringing him to life, contrasting the leaps of imagination with which he solved a succession of scientific problems with his ‘ordinariness’ and humility, as shown by his readiness to talk to juniors as equals and his clear enjoyment of lecturing to children. This first biography of Bragg is an excellent read.