Authors like to say that nobody writes a book alone. We say that because it’s true. It gives me great pleasure to thank my friends and colleagues who helped me make this book possible.
For their consistent and enthusiastic support of this project, and for helping me feel good about it all the way through, I am enormously grateful to Eric Braun, Steven Drucker, Eric Haines, and Morgan McGuire. Thanks also to Georgia, Jenn, and Michael Ambrose for always providing cheerful conversation after I’d spent too long at the computer.
Thanks to the reviewers of this book’s first edition, whose gener-
ous and insightful comments greatly improved the presentation: Adam Finkelstein, Alex Colburn, Alyn Rockwood, Angelo Pesce, Barbara Mones, Brian Wyvill, Craig Kaplan, Doug Roble, Eric Braun, Greg Turk, Jeff Hultquist, Kristi Morton, Lesley Istead, Matt Pharr, Mike Tyka, Morgan McGuire, Paul Beardsley, Paul Strauss, Peter Shirley, Philipp Slusallek, Serban Porumbescu, Stefanus Du Toit, Steven Drucker, Wenhao Yu, and Zackory Erickson.
Special thanks to super reviewers Alexander Keller, Eric Haines, Jessica Hodgins, and Luis Alvarado, who read the whole first edition and offered wonderful feedback on both presentation and structure. Thank you to tech- nical reviewers George Hosu and Ron Kneusel for their insights.