This volume would not have been possible without the work of many. First, to
mention, all the helpful support by Springer Publishers, in particular to highlight
Fritz Schmuhl, open and supportive to the book idea from the very first proposed
structure in August 2014 onwards as well as Devi Ignasy providing quick and
precise instructions and responses on all the (more or less) little issues popping up
during the implementation of the task. Additionally, two anonymous book
reviewers provided several helpful proposals which are hereby especially
acknowledged.
However, the main part of the work was done by the contributors who managed
to submit their drafts within the—often short—deadlines and to appropriately
respond to (perhaps sometimes annoying) requests made by a (perhaps often too)
keen editor. All those original contributions constitute the core part of this edited
volume, and without any of them, it would not be (hopefully) as helpful and
insightful as it is.
The editor would also like to express his gratefulness to those contributors for
their dedication as well as efforts who originally committed to submit a chapter but
were not able to provide a first draft or—in particular—who were not able to finish
a final draft due to time restrictions or other reasons.