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my mother Geraldine, who has been with me every day of my life and to my brother Mike, who gave me a frontier to look toward ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS No one deserves more thanks for the success of this work than my advisor and friend Carlton Caves. Carl is the model of the American work ethic applied to physical thought. The opportunity to watch him in action has fashioned my way of thought, both in the scientific and the secular. He has been a valued teacher, and I hope my three years in Albuquerque have left me with even a few of his qualities. Special thanks go to Greg Comer, my philosophical companion. Greg?s influence on this dissertation was from a distance, but no less great because of that. Much of the viewpoint espoused here was worked out in conversation with him. I thank the home team, Howard Barnum, Sam Braunstein, Gary Herling, Richard Jozsa, Rdiger Schack, and Ben Schumacher for patiently and critically listening to so many of my ideas?, |
