Acknowledgements
We are very grateful to the staff of the Springer Nature editorial office: Editors
Dr. Zachary Evenson and Dr. Adelheid Duhm for their thoughtful guidance and
senior editorial assistant Mrs. Elke Sauer for her permanent support of this book
project, as well as to Ms. Banu Dhayalan and Priyadharshini Subramani from the
book production service for their efforts in the preparation of this book.
Ulm, Germany
Ulm, Germany/Moscow, Russia
Jean Demaison
Natalja Vogt
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We are very grateful to the staff of the Springer Nature editorial office: Editors
Dr. Zachary Evenson and Dr. Adelheid Duhm for their thoughtful guidance and
senior editorial assistant Mrs. Elke Sauer for her permanent support of this book
project, as well as to Ms. Banu Dhayalan and Priyadharshini Subramani from the
book production service for their efforts in the preparation of this book.
Ulm, Germany
Ulm, Germany/Moscow, Russia
Jean Demaison
Natalja Vogt
xi