GERALD W. GRANTHAM The Author was born in Palo Alto, raised in the San Jose area of California, graduating from San Jose State University that part of the state known as Silicon Valley. After working there for several years, his training in solid state electronics led him to travel extensively throughout the US. He traveled extensively overseas in Asia and Europe and more recently mainland China, where his work involves the installation of complex systems and training of operators. Although having lived in many parts of the US, he always returned home to California. He began to write after mov...