ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author would like to express sincere appreciation to El Hefe,
members of my graduate committee, my wife and children, my
friends and family, Mr. Gary Larson for The Far Side and to my mom
who managed to keep every piece of paper from elementary school;
including the assignment from 3rd grade where I stated I wanted to
be a scientist when I grew up. I’m a scientist now, but I’m still
working on the growing up part…