Ronald M. Smith has a BA in the earth sciences and an MA in experimental psychology with an emphasis on human learning. He spent more than thirty years working in the field of education in roles as diverse as classroom teacher, research associate for a federal R&D institution, employee training manager for a large microelectronics firm, and director of curriculum and student assessment for a public school system. His most recent academic interests include evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics. In preparation for writing this book, Mr. Smith read more than 30,000 pages of source materials and participated in more than thirty university-level science courses ranging from biological anthropology to neuroscience to earth history. He lives in Bend, Oregon. This is his first book.