Special Thanks

Dedication

To my sons Max, Eli, and Sam, with all the love in the world. Thanks for reminding me on a daily basis about all the great things I forgot about when I got so old, like the joy of throwing stuff, knocking something over after you build it, running your toes through mud on the beach, and drawing funny faces on the inside of car windows.

-- Rogers

Acknowledgements

I thank Macmillan and the people there who contributed so much to the book, including Mark Taber, Scott Meyers, Leah Kirkpatrick, Dallas G. Releford, and Sean Medlock. Writing books is a great career when you have people like this making you look good. Finally, I thank my wife Mary Moewe and my sons, Max, Eli, and Sam.

Reader Acknowledgements

I'd also like to thank readers who have sent helpful comments about corrections, typos, and suggested improvements regarding this book and its prior editions. The list includes, but is probably not limited to, the following people: Dave Barton, Patrick Benson, Lawrence Chang, Jim DeVries, Ryan Esposto, Kim Farr, Bruce Franz, Owen Gailar, Rich Getz, Bob Griesemer, Jenny Guriel, Ben Hensley, Jon Hereng, Drew Huber, John R Jackson, Bleu Jaegel, Natalie Kehr, Mark Lehner, Stephen Loscialpo, Brad Kaenel, Chris McGuire, Paul Niedenzu, Chip Pursell, Pranay Rajgarhia, Peter Riedlberger, Darrell Roberts, Luke Shulenburger, Mike Tomsic, John Walker, Joseph Walsh, Mark Weiss, P.C. Whidden, Chen Yan, Kyu Hwang Yeon, and J-F. Zurcher.