Acknowledgments

Books are always a team effort. Of especial help with this one was the tireless work of my tech editor, former student, colleague, and friend Jake Green. His contribution toward maintaining the consistency and the tone of the book was invaluable. His work is inspiring and his progress over the years has been tremendous.

Kelly Michel and the VISIBLE team at the Los Alamos National Laboratory — where this book was incubated — also provided tremendous help. It was good fun working with that team and there are great things ahead.

Finally, in this, my tenth book, I give a special shout-out to my high school English teacher — Ms. Eva Torres back at Edinburg North High School. Her excitement for literature and writing has been highly inspiring, and I often find myself looking back on her instructions and ideas as I tidy up what I have planned to write. I graduated a long time ago — it’s amazing how important that high school teacher can be. Many thanks Ms. Torres — can I get some extra credit for this….?