Physical Chemistry , 1st ed.

Acknowledgments

No project of this magnitude is the effort of one person. Chris Conti, a former
editor for West Publishing, was enthusiastic about my ideas for this project long
before anything was written down. His expressions of enthusiasm and moral
support carried me through long periods of indecision. Lisa Moller and Harvey
Pantzis, with the help of Beth Wilbur, got this project rolling at Brooks/Cole.
They moved on to other things soon after I started, but I was fortunate to get
Keith Dodson to serve as developmental editor. His input, guidance, and sug-
gestions were appreciated. Nancy Conti helped with all the paper-shuffling and
reviewing, and Marcus Boggs and Emily Levitan were there to see this project
to its final production. I am in awe of the talents of Robin Lockwood (produc-
tion editor), Anita Wagner (copy editor), and Linda Rill (photo editor). They
made me feel as if I were the weakest link on the team (perhaps as it should be).
There are undoubtedly many others at Brooks/Cole who are leaving their
indelible mark on this text. Thanks to everyone for their assistance.
At various stages in its preparation, the entire manuscript was class-tested by
students in several physical chemistry offerings at my university. Their feedback
was crucial to this project, since you don’t know how good a book is until you
actually use it. Use of the manuscript wasn’t entirely voluntary on their part
(although they could have taken the course from some other instructor), but
most of the students took on the task in good spirits and provided some valu-
able comments. They have my thanks: David Anthony, Larry Brown, Robert
Coffman, Samer Dashi, Ruot Duany, Jim Eaton, Gianina Garcia, Carolyn Hess,
Gretchen Hung, Ed Juristy, Teresa Klun, Dawn Noss, Cengiz Ozkose, Andrea
Paulson, Aniko Prisko, Anjeannet Quint, Doug Ratka, Mark Rowitz, Yolanda
Sabur, Prabhjot Sahota, Brian Schindly, Lynne Shiban, Tony Sinito, Yelena
Vayner, Scott Wisniewski, Noelle Wojciechowicz, Zhiping Wu, and Steve
Zamborsky. I would like to single out the efforts of Linnea Baudhuin, a student who
performed one of the more comprehensive evaluations of the entire manuscript.
I would like to thank my faculty colleagues Tom Flechtner, Earl Mortensen,
Bob Towns, and Yan Xu for their support. One regret is that my late colleague
John Luoma, who read several parts of the manuscript and made some very
helpful suggestions, did not see this project to its end. My appreciation also goes
to the College of Arts and Science, Cleveland State University, for support of a
two-quarter sabbatical during which I was able to make substantial progress on
this project.
External reviewers gave feedback at several stages. I might not have always
followed their suggestions, but their constructive criticism was appreciated.
Thanks to:

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Samuel A. Abrash, University of

Richmond

Steven A. Adelman, Purdue

University

Shawn B. Allin, Lamar University

Stephan B. H. Bach, University of

Texas at San Antonio

James Baird, University of

Alabama in Huntsville

Robert K. Bohn, University of

Connecticut

Kevin J. Boyd, University of New

Orleans

Linda C. Brazdil, Illinois

Mathematics and Science

Academy

Thomas R. Burkholder,

Central Connecticut State

University

Paul Davidovits, Boston College

Thomas C. DeVore, James

Madison University

D. James Donaldson, University

of Toronto

Robert A. Donnelly, Auburn

University