Frans Wackers describes eight decades of his life. Born in a small town in Limburg, The Netherlands, he experienced the German occupation and liberation during WW-2. In his teens, he was, at best, a mediocre student. Attending the Medical School at the University of Amsterdam, he found his passion and destiny: medicine and clinical medical research. As a cardiologist, he pioneered a novel way of imaging heart disease. In 1977 he was invited to Yale University in the USA. He continued being a pioneer and leader in the new field of Nuclear Cardiology. In addition, to his excitement about doing research, Frans Wackers also shares many other interests in this biography.