The author grew up in Upper Montclair, NJ where he attained the Eagle Scout Badge with Bronze Palm at 14 years of age. He attended Newark Academy from 1939 to 1944 where he played on the varsity fo...view moreThe author grew up in Upper Montclair, NJ where he attained the Eagle Scout Badge with Bronze Palm at 14 years of age. He attended Newark Academy from 1939 to 1944 where he played on the varsity football and basketball teams. He then served in the navy during the latter stages of WWII after which he graduated from Yale University with a BS degree in Business Administration. Next he worked in NYC banks and several electronics firms which fabricated military equipment. With this he returned college to earn a BSEE degree (1957-1959). He then went to work for a company managing the Polaris Missile System for the U.S. Navy. This led to working for the Navy Department (Naval Electronic Systems Command) in Washington , DC as a management engineer until retirement in 1991. His outside interests centered on the field of robotic devices for use in manufacturing companies (nonprofessional). He also spent time learning how to use neural networks for applications in medical diagnosis, maintenance, decision-making and other IF-THEN problems. Then, starting in 1998 he devoted himself to producing a Trilogy which includes this first edition of this Volume 1.view less