From the world concert stage, to service in the U. S. Air Force, from journalism to mathematics, from studies in conflict and cooperation to peace research, Anatol Rapoport has been both pioneer and lead-figure. Author of approximately 500 publications, Rapoport has spearheaded many scientific innovations, including the application of mathematical methods, first to Biology and later to the Social Sciences. Rapoport operates from a multidimensional background of experience and studies - concert pianist, lecturer, mathematician, pilot, scientist, philosopher - embodying a deep humanistic commitment, and a profoundly systemic thinking. In this autobiography, he recounts his life and the people he met along the way.