Intro
Preface
Praise for Hermann Simon's Many Worlds, One Life
Excerpts from Published Reviews of the German Edition
Contents
1: Roots
Time and Space
Deeper Connections to the Past
Across Centuries
The West, Warsaw, and Back
Europe: Fate and Patria Nostra
Eifel
The Bonds of Language
References
2: Leaving the Middle Ages
Made of the Earth of My Homeland
Eight Grades ... in One Room
A monumental Morning Decision
Gymnasium
Breaking Boundaries
References
3: Years of Thunder
The Shattered Dream
In the Air Force
Deadly Grenade

The Banality of Bombs
Flying Coffins
Above the Clouds-Later
References
4: Getting Serious
Not All Fun and Games
Outside the Classroom
Time as a Graduate Assistant
Research
Venia Legendi
References
5: Political Bystander
Politics in the Blood
Storming the Danube Hall
Against the Emergency Laws
Federal Elections in 1969
Political Student
Home Game
Tilting at Windmills
Charitable Foundations
A Little Campaign Support
References
6: Western Journeys: From Charles River to Silicon Valley
Dreams Come True
Immersing Myself at MIT

Flowers in Our Hair
"Goin' Back to Massachusetts"-This Time to Harvard
America! America!
Comme dieu en France
Cape of Good Hope
Business School Networks
References
7: Eastern Journeys: From Japan to the Edge of the World
Eastbound
Strange Events
An Emergency and a Subway Line
Academics and Go-Betweens
No "no"
Stranded in Hong Kong
To the Edge of the World
Uncle John
The Big Pig Roast
The Most Remote Village
The "Children" of Papua
The Missionaries
Papa of the Chimbu
Two New Year's Eves
8: University Life ... And Beyond

Lord of the Castle
USW and Its Network
My Time with Johannes Gutenberg
German Marketing Science Goes International
Becoming an Author
A Step Toward Practice
Tempting Offers
References
9: The Seductive Power of Price
Hog-Tied By Hog Prices
The Magic and Mystery of Price
How Price Seduced Me
Pretium-the Legacy of the Ancient Romans
When Prices Come First
Pricing Power is Critical
Price Moves into Unchartered Waters
The Philosophy of Price
Socrates and Aristotle on Price
Thomas Aquinas on Price
Karl Marx on Price
On Subjective Value

Prices and God
My Path to Pricing ... at a Glance
References
10: The Secrets of the Hidden Champions
Successful Strategy and Leadership-from a Contrarian Perspective
Unity of Person and Purpose
Single-Mindedness
Fearlessness
Stamina and Perseverance
Inspiration to Others
References
11: On Wings of Eagles
Every Beginning is Hard
Price and Beyond
Vision and Leadership
Globalization
Human Capital vs. Financial Capital
Beyond the Captain's Bridge
On Alien Territory
Traveling Poet
New Content
References
12: Immersion in the Far East