Acknowledgments

My thanks, as always, go to my editor, Ben Renow-Clarke, who suggested I write this book a long time ago, and gently pestered me until I said yes. His perspicacious comments have greatly improved the manuscript. My technical reviewer, Andrew Zack, has also made many helpful suggestions and picked up my errors. Any that remain are my responsibility alone. I’d also like to thank my coordinating editor, Ana Panchoo, for smoothing the whole process over the many months it takes to write a book and see it through the editorial and production process.

Most of all, though, my thanks go to you for taking the trouble to read this book.