4 th Edition Trish & Chris Meyer Amsterdam • Boston • Heidelberg • London New York • Oxford • Paris • San Diego San Francisco • Singapore • Sydney • Tokyo Focal Press is an imprint of Elsevier This eBook does not include ancillary media that was packaged with the printed version of the book. D E D I C AT E D to the memory of Vera McGrath, who always said I could do anything I put my mind to – Trish and to the memory of Leroy Meyer, who taught me to be curious about how things worked – Chris Focal Press is an imprint of Elsevier 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford, OX2 8DP, UK Copyright © 2008 Trish Meyer and Chris Meyer. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK. Phone: (+44) 1865 843830; fax: (+44) 1865 853333; email:
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