The author is seventy-four years old and retired at the time of submitting the manuscript of this book. He has four children and seven grandchildren. He studied economic science at the University of London. His main interest-apart from reading, writing, gardening, walking, and asking questions-is mainly centered on nature, especially the question on human life and its purpose. He lives with his wife, Mrs. Juliana Asamoah-Yaw, in their retirement home in Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana.