ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Indispensable to the process of crafting this book were my readers: I’d like to thank Vanessa Lord for her intelligence and editorial wizardry; Bruce Hallberg for his honesty and insight into the world of business and the pharmaceutical industry; and Stacy Kissel for her scientific kung fu. Jess, Amy, and the rest of the staff of Miracle of Science provided a home away from home for this book and its writer; without their omelets, IPA, and free Wi-Fi, this would have been an insurmountable task. If you’re ever in Cambridge near MIT, go there. The stools are uncomfortable, but the food is perfect and the beer comes quickly. I owe Cris Concepcion, Christian “Norwegian Love Machine” Baekkelund (also often available in Cambridge near MIT), and Aaron Grossman for the onslaught of e-mails about the various uses of aluminum foil, terrifying household robots, and all the ways in which the Internet is trying to kill me. The Wolfpack has been invaluable for their support and general wolfpackery. Finally, I would like to offer my thanks to my editor Peter Archer for having the idea for this book in the first place, and faith enough in my abilities to let me write it.
“I always feel like somebody’s watching me.”
—Rockwell
“Gentlemen do not read each others’ mail.”
—Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of State