How everything started: A retrospective
Résumé
Recalling some of the most important events and persons during his education and career, the authorsketches his growth from a young engineer, educated in the sanctuary of solid state reactions, to aninvolved fully devoted scientific career for the study of fluids in the deep Earth. Most important in thisrespect was the discovery of CO2 inclusions in granulites, which triggered years of discussion on fluidabsentor fluid-assisted granulite metamorphism. To some extent, this debate is a continuation of theformer granite controversy, but it shows also how the famous battle of “soaks against pontiffs” couldhave been easily avoided.