Our thanks go to Agustín Rayo of MIT, Adam Elga of Princeton University, Winfried Hensinger of the University of Sussex, and Andrew Barker, for reading through parts of the manuscript and offering advice. We are grateful to our editor, Sam Carter, and assistant editor, Jonathan Bentley-Smith, at Oneworld, plus all the other talented folk in design and production, who have helped bring this book to fruition. We’d also like to thank T. J. Kelleher, Carrie Napolitano, Hélène Barthélemy, and the rest of the team at Basic Books who worked on the US edition.
Agnijo would like to thank Ms Hannah Young, Mrs Yvonne O’Brien, and Ms Helen Treece – three teachers who have always inspired and motivated him – and all the staff of Grove Academy, Broughty Ferry, for their encouragement. Most of all, his thanks go to his mum, dad, and younger brother, for their support in everything.
As always, David has relied on the support of his ever-patient wife, Jill, and his children and grandchildren. He will always be grateful, too, to his parents for everything they did.