Agradecimentos

Muitas pessoas contribuíram para este livro. Sen-Ben Liao do Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, James Whitenton, da Southern Polytechnic State University, e Jerry Shi, do Pasadena City College, foram responsáveis pela tarefa hercúlea de resolver todos os problemas do livro. Na John Wiley, o projeto deste livro recebeu o apoio de Stuart Johnson, Geraldine Osnato e Aly Rentrop, os editores que o supervisionaram do início ao fim. Agradecemos a Elizabeth Swain, a editora de produção, por juntar as peças durante o complexo processo de produção. Agradecemos também a Maddy Lesure pela diagramação do texto e pela direção de arte da capa; a Lee Goldstein, pela diagramação da capa; a Helen Walden, pelo copidesque; e a Lilian Brady, pela revisão. Jennifer Atkins foi brilhante na busca de fotografias inusitadas e interessantes. Tanto a editora, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., como Jearl Walker gostariam de agradecer às seguintes pessoas por seus comentários e ideias a respeito das recentes edições:

Jonathan Abramson, Portland State University; Omar Adawi, Parkland College; Edward Adelson, The Ohio State University; Steven R. Baker, Naval Postgraduate School; George Caplan, Wellesley College; Richard Kass, The Ohio State University; M.R. Khoshbin- e-Khoshnazar, Research Institution for Curriculum Development & Educational Innovations (Teerã); Craig Kletzing, University of Iowa; Stuart Loucks, American River College; Laurence Lurio, Northern Illinois University; Ponn Maheswaranathan, Winthrop University; Joe McCullough, Cabrillo College; Carl E. Mungan, U. S. Naval Academy; Don N. Page, University of Alberta; Elie Riachi, Fort Scott Community College; Andrew G. Rinzler, University of Florida; Dubravka Rupnik, Louisiana State University; Robert Schabinger, Rutgers University; Ruth Schwartz, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Carol Strong, University of Alabama at Huntsville; Nora Thornber, Raritan Valley Community College; Frank Wang, LaGuardia Community College; Graham W. Wilson, University of Kansas; Roland Winkler, Northern Illinois University; William Zacharias, Cleveland State University; Ulrich Zurcher, Cleveland State University.

Finalmente, nossos revisores externos realizaram um trabalho

excepcional e expressamos a cada um deles nossos agradecimentos.

Maris A. Abolins, Michigan State University Edward Adelson, Ohio State University Nural Akchurin, Texas Tech

Yildirim Aktas, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Barbara Andereck, Ohio Wesleyan University Tetyana Antimirova, Ryerson University Mark Arnett Kirkwood Community College Arun Bansil, Northeastern University Richard Barber, Santa Clara University Neil Basecu, Westchester Community College Anand Batra, Howard University

Kenneth Bolland, The Ohio State University Richard Bone, Florida International University Michael E. Browne, University of Idaho Timothy J. Burns, Leeward Community College Joseph Buschi, Manhattan College Philip A. Casabella, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Randall Caton, Christopher Newport College Roger Clapp, University of South Florida W. R. Conkie, Queen’s University Renate Crawford, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Mike Crivello, San Diego State University Robert N. Davie, Jr., St. Petersburg Junior College Cheryl K. Dellai, Glendale Community College Eric R. Dietz, California State University at Chico N. John DiNardo, Drexel University Eugene Dunnam, University of Florida Robert Endorf, University of Cincinnati F. Paul Esposito, University of Cincinnati Jerry Finkelstein, San Jose State University Robert H. Good, California State University-Hayward Michael Gorman, University of Houston Benjamin Grinstein, University of California, San Diego John B. Gruber, San Jose State University Ann Hanks, American River College Randy Harris, University of California-Davis Samuel Harris, Purdue University Harold B. Hart, Western Illinois University Rebecca Hartzler, Seattle Central Community College John Hubisz, North Carolina State University Joey Huston, Michigan State University David Ingram, Ohio University

Shawn Jackson, University of Tulsa Hector Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico Sudhakar B. Joshi, York University Leonard M. Kahn, University of Rhode Island Sudipa Kirtley, Rose-Hulman Institute Leonard Kleinman, University of Texas at Austin Craig Kletzing, University of Iowa Peter F. Koehler, University of Pittsburgh Arthur Z. Kovacs, Rochester Institute of Technology Kenneth Krane, Oregon State University Hadley Lawler, Vanderbilt University Priscilla Laws, Dickinson College Edbertho Leal, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Vern Lindberg, Rochester Institute of Technology Peter Loly, University of Manitoba James MacLaren, Tulane University Andreas Mandelis, University of Toronto Robert R. Marchini, Memphis State University Andrea Markelz, University at Buffalo, SUNY Paul Marquard, Caspar College

David Marx, Illinois State University Dan Mazilu, Washington and Lee University James H. McGuire, Tulane University David M. McKinstry, Eastern Washington University Jordon Morelli, Queen’s University Eugene Mosca, United States Naval Academy Eric R. Murray, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics James Napolitano, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Blaine Norum, University of Virginia Michael O’Shea, Kansas State University Patrick Papin, San Diego State University Kiumars Parvin, San Jose State University Robert Pelcovits, Brown University Oren P. Quist, South Dakota State University Joe Redish, University of Maryland Timothy M. Ritter, University of North Carolina at Pembroke Dan Styer, Oberlin College

Frank Wang, LaGuardia Community College Robert Webb, Texas A&M University Suzanne Willis, Northern Illinois University Shannon Willoughby, Montana State University

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