| Robert Pinsky ( 7-28-97) | current US Poet Laureate; author of numerous books of poetry including "The Figured Wheel" as well as translations of Dante; poetry editor of Slate (on-line magazine) |
| Douglas Hofstadter ( 7-28-97) | prof. of cognitive science at Indiana U.
(encompassing Comparative Lit, Computer Sci, Psych, & Philosophy)director of Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition; author of
"Godel, Escher, Bach" , "Le Ton Beau de Marot", & others http://www.psych.indiana.edu/cogsci/hofstadter.html |
| C. Claiborne Ray ( 7-28-97) | editor of the "Q&A" column of the Science Times (NY Times); author of " The New York Times Book of Science Questions & Answers"; http://www.nytimes.com |
| Alan Guth ( 7-21-97) | theoretical physicist; prof of physics MIT; author of "the Inflationary Universe;
http://www.hypermind.com/universe/content/gubb01z.htm |
| Ian Frazier ( 7-21-97 & 96) | humorist/columnist (Atlantic Monthly); author of "Coyote V Acme", "Great Plains" & others |
| Bert Stern ( 7-21-97) | photographer; director of film "Jazz on a Summer's Day" |
| Frank Sulloway ( 7-14-97) | research scholar at MIT Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Science; author of "Born to Rebel"
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| Timothy Ferris ( 7-14-97) | emeritus prof. at UC Berkeley; author & narrator of "The Creation of the Universe" (documentary); author of "The Whole Shebang","Coming of Age in the Milky Way" & others http://www2.astronomy.com/astro/Staff/advisory/ferris.html |
| Matt Hall ( 7-14-97) | author of "The Art of Breaking Glass" & former writer on "Dark Shadows" |
| Edward Teller ( 7-7-97) | physicist; Director Emeritus of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; hydrogen bomb designer; author; http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/tel0pro-1 |
| Tim Callahan ( 7-7-97) | author "Bible Prophesy - Failure or Fulfillment?" http://www.skeptic.com/release-callahan.html |
| Richard Dooling ( 6-30-97) | lawyer; author "Blue Streak" http://mars.ee.umn.edu/albrecht/dooling.html |
| Ron Graham ( 6-30-97) | mathemetician; juggler; Chief Scientist at AT&T Labs; http://www.research.att.com |
| Richard Ford ( 7-30-97 & 96) | Pulitzer Prize -winning author of "Independence Day", Women With Men", and others
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| Rob Pike ( 7-23-97) | computer scientist at Bell Labs; creator of windows system for Unix; prankster http://www.bell-labs.com/who/rob |
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Vincent Bugliosi ( 7-23-97 & 96) | former Astt DA in LA; Manson nemesis; author of "Helter Skelter", Outrage", & others |
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Victor Niederhoffer ( 7-23-97) | investor; Chairman of Niederhoffer & Niederhoffer, Inc; author of "The Education of a Speculator" |
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John McPhee ( 7-16-97) | author of 24 books including "Assembling California", "Irons in the Fire" & "The Curve of Binding Energy" |
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Ted Taylor ( 7-16-97) | former designer of nuclear bombs turned outspoken anti-nuclear proponent |
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Aaron Lynch ( 7-16-97 & 96) | memeticist; author of "Thought Contagion"; www.mcs.net/~aaron |
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Murray Campbell ( 7-9-97 & 96) | co-creator Deep Blue chess program' IBM scientist; http://www.chess.ibm.com/home/may11/story_1.html |
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George C. Williams ( 7-9-97) | evolutionary biologist; member NAS; author "The Pony Fish's Glow" |
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Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles ( 7-9-97) | author of "Naked to the Bone- Medical Imagining in the 20th Century" |
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Ernst Mayr ( 7-2-97) | evolutionary biologist; prof. emeritus Harvard U. member NAS;winner Nat'l Medal of Science & the Japan Prize; author of
"This is Biology" & others |
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"Roadside America" ( 7-2-97) | Ken Smith, Doug Kirby & Mike Wilkins, authors of "Roadside America"
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/ |
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Kirstin Bakis ( 7-2-97) | author "Lives of the Monster Dogs" |