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mind. My goal—my hope—is that this will be a fairly comprehensive reference on
a topic that is, and that, unfortunately, is likely to remain timely for some time to
come. I hope that you will find it useful—at the same time, I hope you never need to
use it.
Finally, there are far too many people who have helped me with this than I can
properly thank. First and foremost is Anneliese Kersbergen of Springer; Anneliese
gave me the opportunity to write this book, and she has exhibited unflagging patience,
support and a sense of humor, all deployed as appropriate. Others who have helped
with information, encouragement, reviews, support and moreover the years—with
this book and in this area include (in no particular order other than alphabetical)—
with my sincere apologies to those who I failed to mention due to CRS (a condition
my wife has noticed and labeled—Can’t Remember Stuff):
Armin Ansari
Charles Ferguson
Sigurdar Magnusson
Laura Atwell
Benjamin Geitner
Chris Maher
Narenta Bici
Mary Gill
Rupprecht Maushart
Daniel Blumenthal
Abel Gonzalez
Patrick McElroy
Brook Bruddemeier
Fred Harper
Carol McGowan
Robert Brown
Jeffrey Hart
Michael Morehouse
John Buchanan
Daniel Hogan
Steven Musolino
Eliot Calhoun
Robert Hodges
Tami Nolting
Gaetano Casarella
Robert Ingram
Daniel O’Keefe
Kerry Collison
Tomoaki Ishigaki
Holger Peters
Andrew Couchman
Jauharah Khudzari
Diva Puig
John Crapo
Gladys Klemic
Cameron Reed
Peter Dagostino
Ourania Kosti
Richard Rhodes
Salvatore DiPace
Jodi Lieberman
Timothy Rice
Miriam Edvardsen
Daniel Magee
Michael Riggio
Mary Roach
Julien Spruyette
Robert Ullrich
Harry Salters
Sriram Srinivas
Yuichi Yokoyama
Richard Schlueck
Warren Stern
Keith Spero
Mark Teitler
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