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Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge the many people who influenced the writing of this book. There are so many that I will certainly overlook some.

First, I would like to acknowledge the profound influence that my teachers had on my thinking – especially Adolf Grunbaum, Emile Grunberg, Burkart Holzner, and Oskar Morgenstern.

I would also like to acknowledge the very substantial influence that a number of my workplace colleagues had on my thinking – especially Mike Chapman, John DiLillo, Dave Fant, Tessy Joseph, Jules Meyers, Manny Oconer, Adria Pena, Marlene Ranelli, Ron Romano, John Titterton, and D.M. Zook.

I would like to thank Randall McCarthy, who encouraged me to begin writing the articles that would eventuate, in one form or ...