John Updike was born in 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania, and died in January 2009. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the American Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Award, and the Howells Medal.
From the reviews: <p> The book deals with optimal design of complex mechanical systems by multiobjective techniques with special emphasis to vehicle engineering. a ] The book is addressed to researchers wishing to acquire a basic knowledge on the optimization of complex mechanical systems, and to engineers in the field of vehicle design. (Stefan Jendo, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1099 (1), 2007)