Born 1964 in Sorengo (Switzerland) from Dutch parents, the author obtained his high school degree 1982 from the ScuolaEuropea di Varese, Italy. He mastered 1987 in optics in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and graduated 1992 on the field of bi-atomic molecules. He gathered postdoc experience on femtosecond UV-processes 1993-1995 in Paris, on cellular biophysics 1996-1999, on cellular biochemistry 2000-2003. He was visiting professor at the Universities of Irvine (California), Toronto (Canada), and Pamplona (Spain). Since 2004 the author taught physics, chemistry and mathematics at Delft University of Technology, with a research focus on nanotechnology. The present book is part of a "triple trilogy", easily recognizable by the identical front cover design. All books in this "triple trilogy" point toward a single direction, which the reader will soon find out.