Credits

Acknowledgments

The original author wishes to extend gratitude to the following individuals for their invaluable peer review of the original version of this textbook. Their comprehensive feedback and suggestions significantly enhanced the material:

• Dirk Linton
• Philip Corlis
• Geoffrey Carr

Image Credits

All photographs and illustrations in this book were created by Eric Demattos, with contributions from students, both individually and collaboratively, as noted in the captions. Some images were sourced under appropriate licenses from Pixabay and Wikimedia Commons. The cover photograph, titled “Family Tree,” was taken by Eric Demattos and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. There are three hidden “Easter eggs” in the cover image—perhaps it’s time to take another look.

Unless otherwise specified in the image captions, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. Every effort has been made to properly credit all contributors. For any questions or concerns, please contact: oer@nic.edu.