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	Clifford A. Pickover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clifford A. Pickover is an author, editor, and columnist in the fields of science, mathematics, 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.
		Pickover graduated first in his class from Franklin and Marshall College, after completing the four-year undergraduate program in three years.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clifford_A._Pickover (416 words)

	Popular Science - Cliff Pickover
		"Clifford A. Pickover is the heir apparent to Carl Sagan..." -- Robert J. Sawyer, author of Calculating God
		Pickover is currently a Research Staff Member at the IBM T. Watson Research Center, where he has received over 30 invention achievement awards, three research division awards, and four external honor awards.
		Pickover is also the author of the popular Neoreality science-fiction series in which characters explore strange realities.
	www.popularscience.co.uk /biographies/pickover.htm (881 words)

	Pseudomathematics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clifford Pickover also considers the "link between genius and madness" among scientists and mathematicians in his 1998 book, Strange Brains and Genius.
		In recent years, pseudomathematicians have devoted their energies to disproving Gödel's second incompleteness theorem (efforts that fall in the first category mentioned above) and to proving Fermat's last theorem using elementary mathematical techniques (third category).
		The topic has been extensively studied by Indiana mathematician Underwood Dudley, who has written several popular works on the topic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pseudomathematics (787 words)

	Amazon.com: The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience: Books: Clifford A. Pickover
		Egg Drop Soup (Neoreality Series) by Clifford Pickover
		by Clifford A. Pickover "YOU ARE CAPTAIN OF A LARGE STARSHIP DRIFTING IN INTERSTELLAR space..." (more)
		Clifford A. Pickover addresses this question and numerous others in his book The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312294115?v=glance (3192 words)

	Fractal art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clifford A. Pickover, Keys to Infinity ISBN 0471193348
		Clifford A. Pickover, Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty ISBN 0486417093
		Clifford A. Pickover, Chaos and Fractals ISBN 0444500022
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fractal_art (609 words)

	Keys to Infinity:Clifford A. Pickover:0471193348:eCampus.com
		"Clifford Pickover's Keys to Infinity unlocks the gates to some of the coast-bound highways and byways, and invites us to admire the scenery." —New Scientist.
		Pickover presents an engaging, inspiring romp in the realm of number and mathematical thought." —Ivars Peterson, author of The Mathematical Tourist.
		"Dr. Pickover, an IBM researcher and the author of Chaos in Wonderland, has produced another engaging book of math-based puzzles and paradoxes organized around the general theme of infinity.
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0471193348&referrer=yah04 (268 words)

	Leonardo Digital Reviews
		Clifford Pickover’s The Mathematics of Oz: Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge is a collection of 108 puzzles that requires readers to identify patterns and processes, solve mathematical and logic problems, wind themselves in and out of mazes, break codes, and predict sequences and computer source code.
		In Pickover’s conceit this Wizard, though a genius, is not human at all but an alien being with multiple tentacles, a "Trochophore," who as the name suggests, resembles a kind of mollusk larvae.
		Readers afraid Pickover’s puzzles might be lost in narrative will be happy to know that they remain the real focus of this book.
	mitpress2.mit.edu /e-journals/Leonardo/reviews/mar2003/OZ_grigar.html (582 words)

	1066.html
		Clifford A. Pickover received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is the author of over thirty highly-acclaimed 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 a prolific inventor with dozens of patents, the associate editor for several journals, author of colorful puzzle calendars, and contributor to magazines geared to children and adults.
		Cliff Pickover, author of thirty acclaimed books, discussed his latest Sex, Drugs, Einstein, and Elves, which explores the borderlands of science and reality.
	www.coasttocoastam.com /guests/1066.html (157 words)

	Review 0307
		Sure to generate controversy and stimulate discussion, THE LOOM OF GOD is Clifford A. Pickover's most sophisticated and entertaining attempt yet to take mankind where we have never been before.
		ne of the world's most prominent and controversial science writers, Clifford A. Pickover is the author of such popular books as Chaos in Wonderland, Keys to Infinity and Mazes for the Mind.
		Pickover is a contributor to Discover Magazine and numerous other consumer publications, and serves as editor for a number of scientific journals.
	www.amazings.com /sbb/reviews/review0307.html (320 words)

	Kadon Enterprises, Inc., Resources (The game of ideas)
		Clifford Pickover has a most amazing site, crammed with references to every aspect and nuance of mankind's ever-searching intellect, from mathematics to puzzles to philosophy, from art to cosmic questions to consciousness.
		Pickover is the author of many books on all these wide-ranging subjects, as well.
		TOC also sponsors theoretical research in philosophy and related fields, and advocacy programs seeking to influence the course of debate and public opinion.
	www.gamepuzzles.com /resourc6.htm (2127 words)

	TimesDispatch.com A calculating mind
		That's all it took for Bobby to spot a mistake in Clifford Pickover's "Wonders of Numbers: Adventures in Mathematics, Mind, and Meaning" (Oxford University Press, $19.95).
		Pickover wrote that Bobby, then 10, was the only person to notice and inform Pickover of the mistake in the number, named for another math whiz, Truman Henry Safford.
		Pickover noted that strides in math can lead to practical applications in scientific and other fields.
	www.timesdispatch.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784232989&path=%21flair&s=1045855936229 (934 words)

	Oxford University Press: Time: Clifford A. Pickover
		Clifford A. Pickover is Research Staff Member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.
		Bestselling author Clifford Pickover offers a stimulating look at the most mysterious phenomenon in the universe--time itself
		"Only Clifford Pickover would think of mixing time travel and music.
	www.oup.com /us/catalog/general/subject/Physics/~~/c2Y9YWxsJnNzPWF1dGhvciZzZD1hc2MmcGY9MTEwJnZpZXc9dXNhJnByPTEwJmJvb2tDb3ZlcnM9bnVsbCZjaT0wMTk1MTMwOTYw (397 words)

	Biomorph fractal
		This design is based on the "biomorphs" invented by Clifford A Pickover and described in A K Dewdney's "Computer Recreations" column, Scientific American, July 1989, page 110.
		But we can make a new one, in your choice of size and materials.
	www24.pair.com /glyptica/gnmpht1.htm (118 words)

	Prometheus Books
		Clifford A. Pickover, Ph.D., is a freelance author on many topics, a prolific writer, and a true polymath.
		Mary Toft was a seemingly ordinary young woman, but with a peculiar passion-and an ordinary life that was forever changed when she gave birth to something inhuman.
		For Mary, conspiracies are everywhere, the line between good and evil lost, and the consequences exceed her most unthinkable, private desires.
	www.prometheusbooks.com /catalog/book_883.html (317 words)

	Amazon.ca: Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives of Eccentric Scientists and Madmen: Books
		Pickover writes in the schoolyard manner (and quality) of singling people out because of their differences and ridiculing them.
		Pickover repeatedly blows his credibility with unsubstantiated speculations and personal comments.
		Apparently, the title "Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives of Eccentric Scientists and Madmen" was neither vague nor general enough for Pickover who, midway through the book, drifts off into such varied subjects as cryonics and UFO abduction.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0688168949 (966 words)

	Strange Brains and Genius -- The Secret Lives of Eccentric Scientists and Madmen -- Clifford A. Pickover
		Clifford Pickover is the lead columnist for the brain-boggler column in Discover magazine.
		In this unusual and penetrating work, Clifford Pickoverinternationally recognized science popularizer — takes us on a wild ride through the bizarre lives of brilliant, but eccentric geniuses who made significant contributions to science and philosophy.
		Pickover holds numerous patents and is currently a research staff member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.
	www.frontlist.com /detail/0688168949 (326 words)

	Wired 1.02: Fishing
		The retina-searing graphics you see here were generated by Clifford A. Pickover, Ph.D., using an IBM Power Visualization System, self-designed shape-generating and rendering software, and what Pickover calls the "fisherman's approach" to scientific visualization.
		Mark Frauenfelder pulls up Clifford Pickover's startling imagery.
		The themes for Pickover's graphics are born of his interest in biology, mathematics, and science fiction.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/1.02/pickover.html (324 words)

	Prometheus Books
		Clifford A. Pickover, Ph.D. (Yorktown Heights, NY), is the author of many books including The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, Time: A Traveler's Guide, and Surfing Through Hyperspace.
		In this fascinating book acclaimed author Clifford Pickover presents a nearly exhaustive list of fortune-telling techniques, from the ominous practice of human sacrifice to reading clues on the Internet.
		Pickover not only explores a vast and colorful array of methods of prediction--including dreaming--he also evaluates the accuracy of some of the most astonishing prophecies made throughout history.
	www.prometheusbooks.com /site/catalog/book_947.html (309 words)

	OUP: Stars of Heaven: Pickover
		Clifford A. Pickover tackles a range of topics from stellar evolution to the fundamental reasons why the universe permits life to flourish.
		Told in Pickover's inimitable blend of fascinating state-of-the-art science and whimsical science fiction, and packed with numerous diagrams and illustrations, The Stars of Heaven unfolds a world of paradox and mystery, one that will intrigue anyone who has ever pondered the night sky with wonder.
		He alternates sections that explain the mysteries of the cosmos with sections that dramatize mind-expanding concepts through a fictional dialog between futuristic humans and their alien peers (who embark on a journey beyond the reader's wildest imagination).
	www.oup.co.uk /isbn/0-19-517159-4 (359 words)

	eBay - Book: Black Holes (ISBN: 0471197041)
		Clifford Pickover's inventive and entertaining excursion beyond the curves of space and time.
		Acclaimed author and computer artist Pickover (Mazes for the Mind, LJ 12/92) has succeeded in presenting a skillful and entertaining explanation.
		This book introduces readers to the exotic science of black holes by taking them on a hypothetical journey to the edge of a black hole in order to describe them fully and answer the most intriguing questions about them.
	product.ebay.com /Black-Holes_ISBN_0471197041_W0QQfvcsZ1388QQsoprZ249471 (538 words)

	SciFan: Books: Black Holes: A Traveller's Guide by Clifford A. Pickover (from our database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, collections)
		Clifford Pickover, an extraordinarily prolific and polymathic research scientist at the IBM T. Watson Research Center, has consistently been one of the most creative writers about computer graphics, scientific visualization, and mathematical models of natural and physical systems.
		Black Holes: A Traveller's Guide, by Clifford A. Pickover
		SciFan: Books: Black Holes: A Traveller's Guide by Clifford A. Pickover (from our database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, collections)
	www.scifan.com /titles/title.asp?TI_titleid=1041 (290 words)

	Spider Legs by Piers Anthony and Clifford A. Pickover : Booksamillion.com (0312864655, Hardcover)
		The creation of fantasy writer Piers Anthony and popular science/art author Clifford Pickover, "Spider Legs" (more formally known as a member of the genus Colossendeis), is a real, if still largely unknown, deep sea denizen.
		Spider Legs by Piers Anthony and Clifford A. Pickover : Booksamillion.com (0312864655, Hardcover)
		Under the treatment of Anthony and Pickover, however, this nightmarish invertebrate, carrying its digestive organs "in long branches, packed like sausages inside its legs," bids fair to become the featured villain of the next multimillion-dollar horror film to play at our friendly neighborhood theater.
	www.booksamillion.com /ncom/books?pid=0312864655 (265 words)

	Review 0306
		o say that Clifford A. Pickover is a renaissance man would not be an exaggeration.
		When they approached Pickover and told him that he was a possible target for one of the Unabomber's infamous parcels, he agreed to let them x-ray each of his packages as they arrived.
		Pickover explores the mysterious connection between obsessive-compulsive disorder and greatness.
	www.amazings.com /sbb/reviews/review0306.html (555 words)

	Read This: Surfing Through Hyperspace
		Publication Data: Surfing Through Hyperspace, by Clifford A. Pickover.
		Here Pickover provides the reader with some of the current ideas and theories in physics regarding, for example, string theory, wormholes, M theory.
		And it is in these notes and appendices that much of the interesting mathematics and physics is to be found.
	www.maa.org /reviews/surfhyper.html (795 words)

	AuthorTracker.com
		Clifford A. Pickover is the lead writer for the brain-boggler column in Discover magazine and the author of numerous acclaimed science books.
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		A research staff member at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center, Dr. Pickover is a prolific inventor who holds numerous patents.
	www.authortracker.ca /author.asp?a=authorid&b=7693 (81 words)

	Boing Boing: Clifford Pickover's "Neoreality" science fiction
		Clifford Pickover is an incredibly smart and wildly imaginative writer and computer graphics wizard.
		He's written a bunch of non-fiction books about math and graphics, and now he has a series of four science fiction books.
	www.boingboing.net /2002/08/22/clifford_pickovers_n.html (149 words)

	Clifford Pickover's ESP "Experiment" Revisited: Archive Entry From Brad DeLong's Webjournal
		The now Eleven-Year-Old is revisiting Clifford Pickover's ESP "Experiment" site, and is depressed about the general state of human intelligence...
		It is rather depressing to read the comments of the many, many visitors to Pickover's site who actually believe he may be reading their minds via some ethereal connection through their computers.
		I like Cliff Pickover, but The Mysterious Rabbit has been online since at least 1996, which is when I stumped (nearly) my entire office with it.
	www.j-bradford-delong.net /movable_type/2004_archives/001274.html (1510 words)

	Dimension - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Clifford A. Pickover, (1999) Surfing through Hyperspace: Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy Lessons, Oxford University Press
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/2D (751 words)

	king.html
		The formulas to produce it were developed by Clifford Pickover, and published in his book Chaos in Wonderland.
		To create this fractal, two equations, representing the X and Y coordinates of the screen, must be iterated many times.
		The King's Dream is a simple, yet beautiful fractal.
	library.thinkquest.org /3703/pages/king.html (258 words)

	Clifford A. Pickover's Home Page
		Try to WIN a free Pickover book by clicking "WIN".
		"Dr. Cliff Pickover has published nearly a book a year in which he stretches
		Page has been accessed 1176880 times (4390 in week).
	sprott.physics.wisc.edu /pickover/home.htm (44 words)

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