All who knew Teilhard de Chardin have commented o his great gift for making friends. Close friend and fellow worker Helmut de Terra, himself distinguished geologist and palaentologist, worked together with Chardin in the Far East. Coming from one who was associated with him purely at the level of expertise, he judged him as one scientist judges another. Despite this, all of the richness of Teilhard's personality and charm comes to life in this excellent reminiscence. A Jesuit priest, Christian philosopher and seer who was not allowed to publish any of his works during his lifetime, this is the story of a man who tries to peer into the future of our species.