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296AcknowledgmentsWe are delighted to thank all who helped in the preparation of this book.For the first edition of The TM Book %u2014 Jerry Jarvis, Bob Cobb, Dave Dunlop, Stan Crowe, Myron Feld, Nan Geller, Mary Jo Kaiser, Peter Muldavin, and Mike Smith.For the second edition%u2014Robert Roth, Dell Abrams, Vaughn and Lyn Abrams, Mike Davis, Nat and Marilyn Goldhaber, David and Connie Huebner, Shepley Hansen, Michael Sternfeld, Marilyn Jacobsen, Barry and Jane Pitt, Dean Ragland, Jenni Roney, Susan Roth, Thomas Selleck, and Gerald Swanson.For the third edition, and the TM & TM-Sidhi edition%u2009%u00ad%u2014Raja Kingsley and Leslie Brooks, Helcio De Carvalho, Steve Weiss, Marc Halberstadt, Graham DeFreitas, Aditya Sharma, Marta-Kristi Pold, Jessie Nichols, Fran Clark, Marcie Freeman, Joseph Gerace, and George Foster for the cover. Wanderley Felipe, who provided wonderful additional illustrations, is from Brazil and has done illustrations and graphic design in many settings and industries including comic books and graphic novels. Additional illustrations%u2014Paul J. MoreheadAllen Cobb helped groom the text and managed the production of all editions. He collaborated with Maharishi for several years, writing and producing the inaugural MIU Catalog and other projects. He is a writer, editorial consultant, designer, and technology strategy consultant.About the AuthorsDenise Denniston Gerace became a teacher of the TM program in 1971. She has taught TM in Omaha, Nebraska; Los Angeles, California; New York City; Tucson, Arizona; and Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as working at the United States national headquarters for TM, and at the International Capital of the Age of Enlightenment in Europe. She holds a BA in English Literature and Art History from the University of Arizona (1969) and an MA and PhD in Philosophy of Education from the University of California at Berkeley (1980, 1988). She is Research Faculty at Maharishi International University and past Co-Principal of the Maharishi School Middle and Upper Schools.David W. Orme-Johnson holds an AB in psychology from Columbia University (1963) and MA and PhD in Psychology from the University of Maryland (1965, 1969). He is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Maharishi International University, where he was a founding faculty in 1972, serving as chair of the psychology department and director of its doctoral program. Dr. Orme-Johnson has authored more than 100 publications on the effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique, having pioneered research on its effects on stress reduction, prison rehabilitation, health, neurophysiological effects, cognitive abilities, on creating coherence in collective consciousness to improve the quality of life in society, and world peace.Barry Geller, who illustrated this book, was head of the design department of Maharishi International University Press, the international production facility for the TM movement. He worked closely with Maharishi to express the knowledge about TM in visual form.