Acknowledgments

Nearly every physicist under the age of 100 will have had, at some point, a quantum physics professor or two. We ourselves have had nine of them along the way. Without their patience and pedagogy, never have been written. We owe a debt of thanks to Bob Delaney, Mohamed Fellah, Tom Gorczyka, Gerald Hardie, Eric Heller, Dean Kaul, Hugh Kelly, Gordon Mutchler, and Larry Stacey. We are also grateful to Robert Eisberg, Robert Resnick, Raymond Serway.

The fact that nobody can fully understand quantum physics makes it so important for physicists to talk about it amongst themselves. While these conversations may not guarantee that elusive cognizance, they certainly make us feel better. For the memorable discussions throughout the years we’d like to thank Steve Baker, Chris Edge, Robert Michniak, Lubna Rana, Iime Schlichting, Tom Shefler, Joseph Snyder, Rusty Trainham, and Alan Wuosmaa. We also owe a special debt of gratitude to Nick Bonesteel for his very thorough and constructive.

Knowing quantum physics and communicating it are vastly different things. We are therefore indebted to the editors who polished our manuscript into the final product now resting in your hands. Tom Stevens planted many of the seeds for its production, while Ann Barton transformed our early drafts into something actually worth reading.