To my grandfather, Lewis N. Higbee, and to all innovative spirits who love making things

Acknowledgments: Thank you to Maxim Lobovsky, Nadia Cheng, Hasti Afsarifard, Carlos Olguin, Amos Dudley, the HP 3D printing team, and Autodesk 3D printing, specifically Guillermo Melantoni and Sarah O’Rourke, for sharing and showing me their 3D printing expertise.

 

Thank you to Natalie and Judi Kledzik, Mona Sabet, and members of my children’s book critique group for all your reviews. A special thank-you to Susan Casey, Lisa Pampuch, and Marianne Wallace for encouraging me throughout the writing process.

 

Thank you to San Mateo Public Libraries for their resources and helpful staff, the UnaMesa Association for providing a serene place to write, and our babysitter, Kristi Fredrick, for being there whenever we needed her.

 

A special thank-you to my husband and son for giving me space and time to write and lots of ideas on how to tell the 3D printing story.

 

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Koch, Melissa, author.

Title: 3D Printing : the revolution in personalized manufacturing / by Melissa Koch.

Description: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016033030 (print) | LCCN 2016033530 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512415704 (lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512448603 (eb pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Three-dimensional printing—Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC TS171.95 .K63 2017 (print) | LCC TS171.95 (ebook) | DDC 621.9/88—dc23

 

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