Christopher Evans (computer scientist)
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Dr Christopher Riche Evans (1931 – October 10, 1979) was a British psychologist and computer scientist.
Evans entered the field of computer science after joining the National Physical Laboratory in the mid 1950s. In 1979, he wrote a book about the oncoming microcomputer revolution, The Mighty Micro: The Impact of the Computer Revolution (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, ISBN 0-575-02708-8), which included predictions for the future up to the year 2000. A six-part TV series in the UK, on commercial television and based on the book, was written and presented by him and was aired posthumously. His other books include Cults of Unreason, a study of Scientology and other pseudoscience, and Landscapes of the Night – how and why we dream.
In the 1970s, Evans undertook a set of interviews with computer pioneers, such as Konrad Zuse and Grace Hopper. These were released through the Science Museum, London, as a set of cassette tapes, collectively entitled Pioneers of Computing.
Dr Evans also edited two anthologies of psychological science fiction/horror stories, Mind at Bay and Mind in Chains, and was a contributing editor to the science magazine Omni.
Evans was married with two children.
