Acknowledgments
This book has evolved over many years, with much assistance
from students, colleagues, and many who started off as one and
became the other. Any effort to thank them all will omit some
who should be credited, but is better than none. Similarly,
we received much good advice, although not all of it could
be accommodated, given the practical issues of manuscript
length and level of material.
The text is better for thoughtful questions and assistance
from students whose courses used its preliminary forms. In particular, Gary Acton, Don Argus, Craig Bina, John Brodholt,
Po-Fei Chen, John DeLaughter, Charles DeMets, George
Helffrich, Eryn Klosko, Lisa Leffler, Paul Lundgren, Frederick
Marton, Andrew Michael, Andrew Newman, Phillip
Richardson, Thomas Shoberg, Paul Stoddard, John Werner,
Dale Woods, and Mark Woods helped in developing this
material. Many of the figures result from their assistance,
as well as the artistic talents of Ranjini Mahinda and Megan
Murphy. Cheril Cheverton and Will Kazmeier provided valuable help in manuscript preparation.
We also benefited from suggestions and assistance by colleagues, especially Craig Bina, Raymon Brown, Wang-Ping Chen,
Ken Creager, Robert Crosson, Joseph Engeln, Edward Flinn,
Yoshio Fukao, Robert Geller, William Holt, Stephen Kirby,
Simon McClusky, Emile Okal, Gary Pavlis, Aristeo Pelayo, Steve
Roecker, Giovanni Sella, Tetsuzo Seno, Anne Sheehan, ZhangKang Shen, Robert Smalley, Robert Smith, Carol Stein, John
Vidale, and Douglas Wiens. Jean van Altena, Cameron Laux,
John Staples, and Nancy Duffy of Blackwell provided invaluable help.
Indirect support was provided by the National Science Foundation through PECASE award #NSF–EAR–9629018.
Most crucially, Carol Stein and Joan Wysession encouraged
the project and allowed us the time required.
This book has evolved over many years, with much assistance
from students, colleagues, and many who started off as one and
became the other. Any effort to thank them all will omit some
who should be credited, but is better than none. Similarly,
we received much good advice, although not all of it could
be accommodated, given the practical issues of manuscript
length and level of material.
The text is better for thoughtful questions and assistance
from students whose courses used its preliminary forms. In particular, Gary Acton, Don Argus, Craig Bina, John Brodholt,
Po-Fei Chen, John DeLaughter, Charles DeMets, George
Helffrich, Eryn Klosko, Lisa Leffler, Paul Lundgren, Frederick
Marton, Andrew Michael, Andrew Newman, Phillip
Richardson, Thomas Shoberg, Paul Stoddard, John Werner,
Dale Woods, and Mark Woods helped in developing this
material. Many of the figures result from their assistance,
as well as the artistic talents of Ranjini Mahinda and Megan
Murphy. Cheril Cheverton and Will Kazmeier provided valuable help in manuscript preparation.
We also benefited from suggestions and assistance by colleagues, especially Craig Bina, Raymon Brown, Wang-Ping Chen,
Ken Creager, Robert Crosson, Joseph Engeln, Edward Flinn,
Yoshio Fukao, Robert Geller, William Holt, Stephen Kirby,
Simon McClusky, Emile Okal, Gary Pavlis, Aristeo Pelayo, Steve
Roecker, Giovanni Sella, Tetsuzo Seno, Anne Sheehan, ZhangKang Shen, Robert Smalley, Robert Smith, Carol Stein, John
Vidale, and Douglas Wiens. Jean van Altena, Cameron Laux,
John Staples, and Nancy Duffy of Blackwell provided invaluable help.
Indirect support was provided by the National Science Foundation through PECASE award #NSF–EAR–9629018.
Most crucially, Carol Stein and Joan Wysession encouraged
the project and allowed us the time required.