Acknowledgments

I wish to thank the following people for their cooperation in helping me to produce this project:

Dr. Henry Leitner, Dean, Master of Liberal Arts in Information Technology Program, Harvard Extension School
 

For support through the formation and development of this project.

Professor Roy Pardi, Harvard University Extension School, thesis advisor
Professor Hanspeter Pfister, Harvard University Extension School, thesis advisor
Professor Charles Sawyer, Harvard University Extension School, thesis advisor
Professor Bruce Molay, Harvard University Extension School, counsel, Physics pedagogy

Dr. Eric Chaisson, Director, Wright Center for Innovative Science Education
 

Much of the material for this project was taken, with permission, from the text "Astronomy - A Beginner's Guide to the Universe", co-authored by Dr. Chaisson.
Dr. Jonathan McDowell, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  For reviewing my proposal and offering advice
Dr. Alexander Panasyuk, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  For explaining the current state of animation technology in astrophysics
Dr. Steele Hill, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  For explanations of his astrophysical animation techniques

Freeman Deutsch, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Judith Peritz, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  For use of their educational materials on spectroscopy
Dr. Almus Kenter, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  For help in using IDL
Dr. Barbara Thompson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  For help in using IDL
Dr. Alexander Churenkov, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Siltec, Ltd.
  For permission to use some of his excellent animations
Dr. Steven Lee, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado
  For providing image files from Mars Global Surveyor
Robert Zimmerman, Antenna Engineer, Kwajelein Missile Range
  For review of the finished site, with respect to accuracy of the physics.
Joel Rosenberg, Electrical Engineer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  For review of the site with respect to technical accuracy.
Dr. Roger Ulrich, Division of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Los Angeles
  For support in the development of the solar images and text.
Daniel Beaudoin, Harvard Medical School
  For the loan of 3D Studio Max
Typhoon Software
  For free use of AutoRun 2.4
Cycore Corporation
  For free non-commercial license to operate Cult3D