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whose copyediting abilities have been a wonderful boon for this work.
Special thanks go to Paul Kruchko, whose simple question about how I
changed got me started on this book. Dante Rance at the Interlibrary Loan
Department has continually gone well above and beyond the call of duty; my
thanks as well to the supremely capable Pat Clark. Many colleagues have been
very supportive in this work, particularly Professors Anna Spagnuolo, László
Lipták, and Laura Wicklund in math; Barb Penprase and Kelly Berishaj in

nursing; Chris Kobus, Mike Polis, Mohammad-Reza Siadat, and Lorenzo Smith
in engineering; and Brad Roth in physics. Aaron Bird, U.S. training manager for
CD-adapco, and his colleague Nick Appleyard, vice president at CD-adapco,
have both been of exceptional help. I would also like to thank Tony Prohaska for
his keen editorial eye.
The following people have also been remarkably helpful in sharing their

expertise: Sian Beilock, Marco Bellini, Robert M. Bilder, Maria Angeles Ramón
y Cajal, Norman D. Cook, Terrence Deacon, Javier DeFelipe, Leonard DeGraaf,
John Emsley, Norman Fortenberry, David C. Geary, Kary Mullis, Nancy
Cosgrove Mullis, Robert J. Richards, Doug Rohrer, Sheryl Sorby, Neel
Sundaresan, and Nicholas Wade.
Some of the world’s top-ranked university and college professors, as noted
on RateMyProfessors.com, have lent invaluable support to this effort. Their

expertise includes mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, science,
engineering, business, economics, finance, education, psychology, sociology,
nursing, and English. High school teachers from top magnet schools have
contributed as well. I would like to particularly acknowledge the assistance of
the following individuals, who have read all or portions of the book and

provided helpful feedback and insights: Lola Jean Aagaard-Boram, Shaheem
Abrahams, John Q. Adams, Judi Addelston, April Lacsina Akeo, Ravel F.
Ammerman, Rhonda Amsel, J. Scott Armstrong, Charles Bamforth, David E.
Barrett, John Bartelt, Celso Batalha, Joyce Miller Bean, John Bell, Paul Berger,
Sydney Bergman, Roberta L. Biby, Paul Blowers, Aby A. Boumarate, Daniel
Boylan, Bob Bradshaw, David S. Bright, Ken Broun Jr., Mark E. Byrne, Lisa K.
Davids, Thomas Day, Andrew DeBenedictis, Jason Dechant, Roxann DeLaet,

Debra Gassner Dragone, Kelly Duffy, Alison Dunwoody, Ralph M. Feather Jr.,
A. Vennie Filippas, John Frye, Costa Gerousis, Richard A. Giaquinto, Michael
Golde, Franklin F. Gorospe IV, Bruce Gurnick, Catherine Handschuh, Mike
Harrington, Barrett Hazeltine, Susan Sajna Hebert, Linda Henderson, Mary M.
Jensen, John Jones, Arnold Kondo, Patrycja Krakowiak, Anuska Larkin,