The author thanks
Ian Banks
Mike Harrison
Nathalie Vercruysse
Ken Webster
for critical comments and reviews of the manuscripts,
Graham Pritchard for the ‘reinvention’ of my graphics,
Andrew Clifton for researching and providing the book cover picture,
Lena Gravis for the editing work,
Rolls-Royce plc. for its courtesy in providing the author with a photograph for the book cover, which symbolises the beauty of product use and technological progress in a circular and performance economy, putting function over fashion.
The cover image is Copyright Rolls-Royce plc. All rights reserved. This copyright work has been reproduced with the kind permission of Rolls-Royce plc.
The foreword is Copyright of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.