Clifford A. Pickover

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Clifford A. Pickover
Clifford A. Pickover

Clifford A. Pickover is an author, editor, and columnist in the fields of science, mathematics, and science fiction.

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[edit] Education

He received his Ph.D. from Yale University's Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. Pickover graduated first in his class from Franklin and Marshall College, after completing the four-year undergraduate program in three years. He is currently a Research Staff Member at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center.

[edit] Editor and columnist

He is currently an associate editor for the scientific journal Computers and Graphics and is an editorial board member for Odyssey and Leonardo.

He is also the Brain-Strain columnist for Odyssey magazine, and, for many years, he was the Brain-Boggler columnist for Discover magazine.

[edit] Books

He is the author of over thirty books on such topics as computers and creativity, art, mathematics, black holes, human behavior and intelligence, time travel, alien life, and science fiction. Pickover is an inventor with dozens of patents, the author of puzzle calendars, and puzzle contributor to magazines geared to children and adults. His Neoreality science-fiction series explores the fabric of reality and religion.

His books have been translated into French, Greek, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Polish, Spanish and Turkish.

[edit] Blog

On November 4, 2006, he began Wikidumper.org, a popular blog featuring articles being considered for deletion by Wikipedia.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them, Oxford University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0195336115
  • The Heaven Virus, Lulu, 2007 ISBN 978-1430329695
  • A Beginner's Guide to Immortality, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007 ISBN 978-1560259848
  • The Mobius Strip, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006 ISBN 1-56025-826-8
  • Sex, Drugs, Einstein, and Elves, Smart Publications, 2005 ISBN 1-890572-17-9
  • A Passion for Mathematics, John Wiley & Sons, 2005 ISBN 0-471-69098-8
  • Calculus and Pizza, John Wiley & Sons, 2003 ISBN 0-471-26987-5
  • The Mathematics of Oz, Cambridge University Press, 2002 ISBN 0-521-01678-9
  • The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars, Princeton University Press, 2002 ISBN 0-691-11597-4
  • The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience, St. Martin's Press, 2002 ISBN 1-4039-6457-2
  • The Stars of Heaven, Oxford University Press, 2001
  • Mind-Bending Puzzles (calendars & cards), Pomegranate, each year
  • Dreaming the Future, Prometheus, 2001
  • Wonders of Numbers, Oxford University Press, 2000
  • The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, Prometheus, 2000
  • Cryptorunes: Codes and Secret Writing, Pomegranate, 2000
  • Surfing Through Hyperspace, Oxford University Press, 1999
  • Time: A Traveler's Guide, Oxford University Press, 1998
  • Strange Brains and Genius, Quill, 1999
  • The Science of Aliens, Basic Books, 1998
  • Spider Legs, TOR, 1998 (with Piers Anthony)
  • The Alien IQ Test, Basic Books, 1997
  • The Loom of God, Plenum, 1997
  • Black Holes: A Traveler's Guide, Wiley, 1996
  • Keys to Infinity, Wiley, 1995
  • Chaos in Wonderland, St. Martin's Press, 1994
  • Mazes for the Mind, St. Martin's Press, 1992
  • Computers and the Imagination, St. Martin's Press, 1991
  • Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty, St. Martin's Press, 1990 ISBN 0-486-41709-3

[edit] Neoreality science fiction series

  • Liquid Earth, The Lighthouse Press, Inc. 2002
  • The Lobotomy Club, The Lighthouse Press, Inc. 2002
  • Sushi Never Sleeps, The Lighthouse Press, Inc. 2002
  • Egg Drop Soup, The Lighthouse Press, Inc. 2002 ISBN 0-9714827-9-9

[edit] Edited collections

  • Chaos and Fractals, Elsevier, 1998
  • Fractal Horizons, St. Martin's Press, 1996
  • Future Health: Computers & Medicine in the 21st Century, St. Martin's Press, 1995
  • Visualizing Biological Information, World Scientific, 1995
  • The Pattern Book: Fractals, Art, and Nature, World Scientific, 1995
  • Visions of the Future: St. Martin's Press, 1993
  • Frontiers of Scientific Visualization, Wiley, 1994
  • Spiral Symmetry, World Scientific, 1992 (editor) ISBN 981-02-0615-1

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