Cliff Pickover

Clifford A. Pickover is a popular author of science, mathematics, and science fiction. 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. His books have been translated into French, Greek, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Polish. He is currently an associate editor for the scientific journal Computers and Graphics and is an editorial board member for Odyssey and Leonardo.

Dr. Pickover's primary interest is in finding new ways to continually expand creativity by melding art, science, mathematics, and other seemingly disparate areas of human endeavor. In particular, 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.

Dr. Pickover is currently a Research Staff Member at the IBM 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 0486417093

Neoreality Science Fiction Series

Liquid Earth, Lighthouse Press, 2002
The Lobotomy Club, Lighthouse Press, 2002
Sushi Never Sleeps, Lighthouse Press, 2002
Egg Drop Soup, Lighthouse Press, 2002 ISBN 0971482799

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 9810206151

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