Acknowledgments

I believe that I’ve spent enough of my life doing easy things. Before I began this book, I knew that writing it would require a high degree of discipline and an unending stream of motivation. I was not disappointed.

First I’d like to acknowledge Manning Publications for the opportunity to publish this work. I’d like to thank Ahmet Alp Baken for writing a foreword to the book, as well as Niek Palm for giving the whole manuscript a technical proofread. Many others reviewed the manuscript and offered comments at various stages of development, including Robert Wenner, Jean-Pol Landrain, John Guthrie, Benoît Benedetti, Thomas Peklak, Jeremy Gailor, Fernando Fraga Rodrigues, Gregor Zurowski, Peter Sellars, Mike Shepard, Peter Krey, Fernando Kobayashi, and Edward Kuns.

In this and most other difficult ventures, success is dependent on the collective contributions of a support network. I wouldn’t be here today without contributions from the following: