The book discussed in this interview is
Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality Basic Books, 2013) by
Edward Frenkel of the University of California at Berkeley.It's a toss-up which is more interesting - the description of Frenkel's life or his description of his interest in - and love for - mathematics and physics. Before he was twenty years old, Frenkel had written a paper that a visiting Swedish physicist thought so intriguing that he smuggled it out of Russia.That paper started Frenkel on a career which resulted in his collaborating with some of the world's foremost mathematicians and physicists - and to his writing
Love and Math. It's a fascinating read.