The author, born during World War II, grew up in post-war Germany, left his home in the early 1960s for South West Africa (today's Namibia) to work on a farm, ventured to South Africa, worked in a gold mine and on road construction, studied at the University of Cape Town, went to Canada and the US for graduate studies and through a myriad of events finally became Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While Professor at M.I.T. he founded the company ADINA R & D, which develops the software product ADINA used world-wide for the analysis of engineering designs and, in general, for the prediction of nature. The author tells about his life, how he grew up and developed in his profession, with the dream to enrich life through his activities, and how he found much happiness and success.
K.J. Bathe's MIT web page
http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=10
K.J. Bathe's Wiki web page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Jürgen_Bathe
