Acknowledgments

I had such an incredible team of great and talented people assisting me in bringing this book to life. It all started with an e-mail in late September 2019 from my editorial director at McGraw Hill, Wendy Rinaldi, who saw the need for a book like this, asking me if I’d be interested in writing it. After a couple of phone conversations, I knew it was something I would love to do. Wendy and editorial coordinator, Emily Walters, both provided wonderful guidance and leadership during the whole project.

Technical editor Gareth Marchant provided a helpful pair of eyes, going through each step of every lab exercise, providing very beneficial feedback.

My project editor, Laura Stone, was simply outstanding in her valuable, detailed, and on-the-money feedback and help. In addition to keeping me on track, she did a phenomenal job managing this book through the many phases of development. Copy editors Lisa Theobald and Bart Reed, proofreader Richard Camp, and indexer Ted Laux did excellent work. I appreciate the team at KnowledgeWorks for the composition of these pages during extenuating pandemic circumstances.

Finally, thank you to my students who gave terrific feedback, testing these labs in the midst of my writing, as part of various courses at my multiple colleges.