Copy editors

Text Designer tani hasegawa Photo Researcher Marcy Lunetla Copy Editor Graphic World Inc. 

The author gratefully acknowledges the cooperation with and the support of the editorial staff of Springer. Particularly I have to thank Peter Enders, Birgit Kollmar-Thoni, and - last but not least - John Kirby, the English copy editor, who has essentially improved the English. Many thanks for that. 

The Council also acknowledges the contributions of Shri Vijay Singh, Narender Verma and Vijay Kaushal DTP Operators and Dr K.T. Chitralekha, Copy Editor in shaping this book. The efforts of the Publication Department, NCERT are also duly acknowledged. 

We would not have had the opportunity to write this book without the encouragement of our agent Grace Freedson. We would also like to thank Chrissy Guthrie for her support and assistance in the early portion of this project and to Sarah Faulkner who helped us complete it. We would also like to thank our copy editor, Caitie Copple, and our technical editors, Susan Klein and Joe Burnell. 

Copy Editor Caitlin Copple Assistant Editor Erin Calligan Mooney Senior Editorial Assistant David button... 

Executive Editor Lindsay Sandman Lefevere Senior Project Editor Georgette Beatty Copy Editor Danielle Voirol Technical Editors Jason Dunham, Patti Smykal... 

Project Editor Elizabeth Kuball Acquisitions Editor Lindsay Lefevere Copy Editor Elizabeth Kuball Technical Editor Sally J. Fassino Editorial Manager Michelle Hacker... 

Sponsoring Editor Publishing Associate Production Editor Cover Design Cover Illustration Text Design Copy Editor... 

I also thank David Packer, Executive Editor, who has made the experience of publishing my last book with Academic Press as pleasant as it was when I published my first nearly forty years ago. My best thanks to Mercedes Heston, the copy editor, for her excellent work with a more than usually difficult manuscript. 

Project Editor Joan Friedman Acquisitions Editor Kris Fulkerson Copy Editor Billie A. Williams Technical Editor Benjamin Burlingham Editorial Assistant Laura Jefferson Production... 

We wish to thank our editor, Amy Byers, our production editor, Kristen Parrish, the copy editor Tmmbull Rogers, and the cover designer Mike Rutkowski. We give special thanks to Abbie Rosner for her excellent editing of our book and to Mariann Pappagallo and Rebecca Best for their administrative support. 

About the Author Frank Schmidt is a professor of Biochemistry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Publisher s Acknowledgments Editorial Project Editor Sherri Fugit Acquisitions Editor Kris Fulkerson Copy Editor Corey Dalton Technical Editor Jessica Joy Hollenbeck Editorial Assistant Laura Jefferson Production Proofreader Joel Showalter IDG Bools Indianapolis Production Department ... 

Commissioning Editor Timothy Home Project Development Manager Colin Arthur Copy Editor Leslie Smillie Project Controller Nancy Amott Designer Erik Bigland... 

Barbara Goldman, executive editor, Camille Pecoul Carter, managing editor, Brenda Griffing, copy editor and Perry King, associate editor, electronic services, for their assistance and guidance during the publishing process. 

Photo Researcher Billie Porter Copy Editor Kristina Rose MeComas Illustrator ICC Macmillan Inc. 

The copy editors, Jodi Simpson and Alice Allen, did an excellent Job in making the material clear, complete, and in harmony with the textbook. In particular, we thank Jodi Simpson for help in developing a workable, consistent format for the telegraphic style. 

Copy Editors Bonnie Boehme, Linda Van Pelt... 

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