
Acknowledgments
Writing a book is a long and arduous process, during which I have received tons of great support,
which I greatly appreciate, from friends and family. The process would have been much more diffi-
cult, and arguably much less fruitful, without their support.
I would like to specifically call out the following individuals for their contribution to the first
edition of this work. I would like to thank (in no particular order) David Weller, Stephen Toub, Rex
Jaeschke, Vladimir Levin, Jerry Maresca, Chris Pels, Christopher T. McNabb, Brad Wilson, Peter
Partch, Paul Stubbs, Rufus Littlefield, Tomas Restrepo, John Lambert, Joan Murray, Sheri ...