Acknowledgments
The Manning team made the work on this book a joy, and they never complained when the joy went on a bit longer than anticipated. From Mike Stephens, who made it happen, and Jeff Bleiel, from whom we learned something new about collaboration, to Jennifer Stout, Andy Carroll, and Elizabeth Martin, who exhibited a level of calm patience that we can only envy, all have upheld standards of professionalism and quality that inspire authors to do their best.
Thanks to the people who helped to review this book, whether by reading the early release chapters and posting corrections in the Author Online forum, or by reviewing the manuscript at various stages during its development. You are part of it and should be proud. Without you, the book would not be the same. Special thanks to the following reviewers: Achim Friedland, Arash Bizhan Zadeh, Bruno Georges, Christian Bach, Daniel Beck, Declan Cox, Edward Ribeiro, Erik Onnen, Francis Marchi, Gregor Zurowski, Jian Jin, Jürgen Hoffmann, Maksym Prokhorenko, Nicola Grigoletti, Renato Felix, and Yestin Johnson. Also to our excellent technical proofreaders, David Dossot and Neil Rutherford.
We are very grateful to and would like to acknowledge Bruno de Carvalho, Sara Robinson, Greg Soltis, Erik Onnen, Andrew Cox, and Jeff Smick for contributing the case studies you will find in chapters 14 and 15.