Acknowledgments

We thank the Smith Richardson Foundation for the financial support that made the research and writing of this book possible. In addition, we would like to express our appreciation for the helpful comments of the three anonymous reviewers in the Smith Richardson review process and the three anonymous reviewers in the MIT review process.

Rob Atkinson thanks John Wu and Kaya Singleton for research and editorial assistance and his wife, Anne-Marie, daughter, Claire, and son, David, who patiently supported his writing efforts during family time.