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From Amy for the second edition:

We are indebted to many individuals who supported the work of creating a second edition of this text. First, we thank Bob, for his thoughts and encouragement when we inquired about revising the text. We also thank our student interns, especially Sabir and Tyler, for their hard work reviewing the text, working on the new supplements, and typing solutions for exercises. The students were generously supported by funding from Amherst College. We also thank our colleagues Nick Horton and Tanya Leise for helpful discussions of the first edition.

Wiley's staff supported us well during the revision, especially Kimberly Monroe-Hill, who had very helpful suggestions. We would also like to thank Mindy Okura-Marszycki, Kathleen Santoloci, and Linda Christina, for their support getting the project off the ground.

From Bob for the first edition:

We are indebted to friends and colleagues who encouraged and supported this project. The students of my Fall 2012 Probability class were real troopers for using an early manuscript that had an embarrassing number of typos and mistakes and offering a volume of excellent advice. We also thank Marty Erickson, Jack Goldfeather, Matthew Rathkey, WenliRui, and Zach Wood-Doughty. Professor Laura Chihara field-tested an early version of the text in her class and has made many helpful suggestions. Thank you to Jack O'Brien at Bowdoin College for a detailed reading of the manuscript and for many suggestions that led to numerous improvements.

Carleton College and the Department of Mathematics were enormously supportive, and I am grateful for a college grant and additional funding that supported this work. Thank you to Mike Tie, the Department's Technical Director, and Sue Jandro, the Department's Administrative Assistant, for help throughout the past year.

The staff at Wiley, including Steve Quigley, Amy Hendrickson, and Sari Friedman, provided encouragement and valuable assistance in preparing this book.