Quantum Physics for Scientists and Technologists: Fundamental Principles and Applications for Biologists, Chemists, Computer Scientists, and Nanotechnologists

Acknowledgments

Each time I get a book published, I re-learn a lesson that transforming an idea into a finished book is a project and it takes a project team. As they say—well, if they don’t say it anymore, they should—first things first. Let me begin by thanking Paul Petralia, Senior Editor at Wiley, for initiating this project, and Simone Taylor to see it through to completion. With two thumbs up, I thank Michael Christian and Ms. Anastasia Wasko for their excellent coordination of the pre-production stage of this project.

Before a book can be put into your hands, the production team plays the crucial role of converting the text manuscript and illustrations into printer-ready pages. It is my pleasure to thank Kristen Parrish, Senior Production Editor at Wiley, for an excellent job in leading the production team, and Jeannette Stiefel for a diligent job in copy editing. Thanks are also due to other members of the production team, including Stephanie Sakson, of Best-set Premedia, and Dean Gonzalez, the illustrations manager at Wiley.

My special thanks go to Dr. John Serri, the technical editor of this book, for carefully reviewing all the chapters and taking the book to the next level through his valuable feedback. This acknowledgment would be incomplete without extending my gratitude to some great minds in science, including Niels Bohr, Erwin Schrödinger, Richard Feynman, Max Delbrück, Francis Crick, James Watson, Richard Smalley, and Johnjoe McFadden, without whose off-the-track ...