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Professor Dr. Edouard B. Manoukian is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the "Institute for Fundamental Study" of Naresuan University in Thailand. He carried out graduate studies at McGill University and University of Toronto obtaining the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, respectively, in 1967 and 1971. He held research positions at the "Theoretical Physics Institute" of the University of Alberta, the "Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies", and the "Centre de Recherches Math´ematiques Appliqu´ees" of the University of Montreal. He held professorships at the "Royal Military College of Canada" of the Department of National Defence, as well as at the "School of Physics" of Suranaree University of Technology and Naresuan University, in Thailand. He is the author of over 190 research papers in most aspects of Theoretical Physics, as well as of 8 books, 5 of which, including this one, are by Springer. The following books by the author: "Renormalization" (Academic Press), "Quantum Theory: A Wide Spectrum" (Springer), "Quantum Field Theory I: Foundations and Abelian and Non-Abelian Gauge Theories" (Springer), "Quantum Field Theory II: Introductions to Quantum Gravity, Supersymmetry and String Theory" (Springer), and "How Energy Considerations Have Shaped Our Fundamental Modern Theories of Physics - Theory and Key Historical Moments" (Springer), should be of interest to readers of the present one.