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This work is dedicated 
(a) to the late 
Professor S.\ Chandrasekhar,
whom 
R.D.T.\ 
met in Chicago in 1991, 
(b) to the late Professor 
C.\ F.\ v.\ Weizs\"acker, 
a respected discussion partner 
of both authors, and 
(c) the late investigative science journalist 
H.\ Heuseler, 
whom G.G.\ owes valuable information on the topic.

Both authors would like to thank many people 
for discussions, email exchanges, and support
at various stages of this work, in particular 
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StD Dipl.-Biol.\ Ernst-Georg Beck,
H.\ J.\ Labohm,
Professor B.\ Peiser, 
H.\ Thieme, 
Dr.\,phil.\ Wolfgang Th\"une,
and 
Professor A.\ Zichichi
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for sending them the manuscript of his
talk presented at the Vatican conference.
Mrs.\ S.\ Feldhusen's first translation of
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is greatly appreciated. 

Gerhard Gerlich would like to express his gratitude
to all those who contributed to this study 
either directly or indirectly: 
Students, Staff Members, 
Research and Teaching Assistants,
even collegues,
who listened to his lectures and talks,
who read his texts critically,
who did some successful literature search. 
In particular, he is indebted to
the Diploma Physicists (Diplomphysiker) 
Dr.\ V.\ Blahnik, 
Dr.\ T.\ Dietert, 
Dr.\ M.\ Guthmann,
Dr.\ G.\ Linke,  
Dr.\ K.\ Pahlke, 
Dr.\ U.\ Schom\"acker, 
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H.\ Bade,
M.\ Behrens,
C.\ Bollmann,
R.\ Fl\"ogel, 
StR D.\ Harms,
J.\ Hauschildt,
F.\ Hoffmann, 
C.\ Mangelsdorf, 
D.\ Osten,
M.\ Schmelzer,
A.\ S\"ohn,
and
G.\ T\"or\"o,
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the architects 
P.\ Bossart 
and 
Dipl.-Ing.\ K.\ Fischer.
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Gerhard Gerlich extends his special gratitude to  
Dr.\ G.-R.\ Weber 
for very early bringing 
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to which almost no German author contributed.
Finally, he is pleased about the interest 
of the many scientific laymen who enjoyed 
his talks, his letters, and his comments.

Ralf D.\ Tscheuschner thanks all his students 
who formulated and collected a bunch of questions 
about climate physics, in particular Elvir Donl\'ic. 
He also thanks 
Professor A.\ Bunde 
for email correspondence.
Finally he is indebted to 
Dr.\ M.\ Dinter,  
C.\ Kloe\ss,
M.\ K\"ock,
R.\ Schulz 
for interesting discussions,
and 
Professor H.\ Grassl 
for an enlightening discussion 
after his talk on Feb.\,2, 2007 at 
Planetarium Hamburg. A critical reading by 
M.\ Mross and Dr.\ M.\ Dinter 
and a translation
of Fourier's 1824 paper 
in part by M.\ Willer's team 
and by Dr.\ M.\ Dinter are especially 
acknowledged.

The authors express their hope that in the schools around the world
the fundamentals of physics will be taught correctly and not by using 
award-winning  
\lq\lq Al Gore\rq\rq\ movies shocking every straight physicist
by confusing 
absorption/emission with reflection,
by confusing the tropopause with the ionosphere,
and by confusing microwaves with shortwaves.
