Istvan Hargittai is a research chemist and educator, University Professor of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Research Professor of Eotvos University. He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Norwegian Academy of Sciences, and the Academia Europaea. He has a Dr. rer. nat. degree from Eotvos University, Ph.D. and D.Sc. from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Dr. h.c. from Moscow University, and D.Sc. h.c. from the University of North Carolina. His field of research is the structure and modeling of molecules. He also has a broad interest in symmetry and in 20th century science. His most successful books on symmetry have been co-authored with his fellow scientist and spouse, Magdolna Hargittai. They include "Symmetry: A Unifying Concept" (Shelter Pub. 1994), "Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist" (Plenum 1995), and "In Our Own Image: Personal Symmetry in Discovery" (Kluwer/Plenum 2000). Hargittai publishes a book series of interviews "Candid Science"(Imperial College Press, London). The first two volumes, "Candid Science: Conversations with Famous Chemists" and "Candid Science: Conversations with Famous Biomedical Scientists" have appeared in 2000 and 2002, respectively. Further volumes are in production. Hargittai's latest book is "The Road to Stockholm: Nobel Prizes, Science, and Scientists" (Oxford University Press 2002, please, visit www.roadtostockholm.com). The Hargittais have two grown children: Balazs, a Ph.D. in chemistry, is an Assistant Professor at St. Francis University (Loretto, Pennsylvania) and Eszter, a Ph.D. candidate in the Sociology of the Internet at Princeton University.