I too have a background in science and like the author have been sidetracked, working in the humanities (I study the history of scientific thought). The writer's omnipresent fervor for culture has won my sympathy and praise.
對同樣是科學出身，也為相關的文化側面努力的我而言（我研究科學思想史），作者文化氣勢處處引起我的共鳴與讚嘆。