Curiosity in Science and Technology

the initial intended audience was his three sons, the then-EIC Prof. Shih-Fu Chang and I are both of the view that this piece will also provide excellent sources of ideas and motivations for our fellow members in the Signal Processing Society (SPS). After the decision was made to publish the manuscript in SPM, Dr. Flanagan had, with my coordination, been working steadily and sometimes painfully on the copyright issues related to a collection of historical photos contained in the manuscript. (In his own words, “ . . . This has almost turned into a career . . . It turns out that copyrights are sold and exchanged like currency, so they can go through many hands. Discovering and threading the way to the current holder is torturous and expensive—in