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Acknowledgements Creating this compendium of "The Amateur Scientist" was a labor of love. This is only fitting, since the word "amateur" comes from the Latin verb "amo," which means "to love." Thus, an amateur is someone who does something for the love of it, and for no other reason. However, as any experienced amateur knows, love is not enough to see a project through. This project could not have been completed without the help and support of many people, some of whom merit special recognition. I want to thank Jeff Kodosky of National Instrument and Rick Fienberg of Sky Publishing. I also wish to thank
Mr. Larry Breed for allowing us access to his private collection of Scientific American magazines. Also thanks to Dan Koller for his help in preparing
index material, John Alita of the Redwood City Public Library, and David
Negrin and the Bay Area chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives.
Thanks are also due to Mr. Kim McCall for his timely aid and help with
some programming matters. Special thanks to Max Freedman and the staff
of ASCI Advertising, Inc. for their outstanding design work on the product
interface, packaging and advertising materials. We also wish to acknowledge
the help of Dan Bryson and the staff of Stark Design, Inc. for help with
advertising and internet issues. I also wish to thank Diane McGarvey, Director of Ancillary Products at Scientific American and the rest of the staff at Scientific American for granting me the permission—and the freedom—to create this product according to my original vision. Finally, thanks go to Albert G. Ingalls,C. L. Stong, Russell Porter, Roger Hayward, Jearl Walker, and all the others who have contributed to "The Amateur Scientist" during its long and distinguished history. I truly stand on the shoulders of giants.
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