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Cliff

Author of 40 Books and Reality Carnival Blog

About Me


Friends, thank you very much for reading this little biography! You can always learn more about me at my web site Pickover.Com or Blog RealityCarnival.Com .
My MySpace Discussion Group is Question Reality .
Clifford A. Pickover received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is the author of over 30 highly-acclaimed books on such topics as computers and creativity, art, mathematics, black holes, religion, human behavior and intelligence, time travel, alien life, and science fiction.
Pickover is a prolific inventor with dozens of patents, is the associate editor for several journals, the author of colorful puzzle calendars, and puzzle contributor to magazines geared to children and adults.
The Los Angeles Times recently wrote, "Pickover has published nearly a book a year in which he stretches the limits of computers, art and thought." Wired magazine wrote, "Bucky Fuller thought big, Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Cliff Pickover outdoes them both."
Pickover's computer graphics have been featured on the cover of many popular magazines and on TV shows.
His web site, Pickover.Com , has received over 1,000,000 visits.
His Blog RealityCarnival.Com is one of his most popular sites.
His two most recent books are: Sex, Drugs, Einstein, and Elves and The Mobius Strip .

My Interests

My primary interest is finding new ways to continually expand creativity by melding art, science, mathematics and other seemingly-disparate areas of human endeavor. I seek not only to expand the mind, but to shatter it.

Music:

"Building a Mystery" by Sarah McLachlan, "Ashes are Burning" by Renaissance, or the fantastic percussion in Peter Gabriel's "The Feeling Begins" that was used in the movie The Last Temptation of Christ.

Books:

Some of my favorite books

    Passage, Connie WillisShibumi, TrevanianJob, Robert HeinleinHe Who Shrank, Henry HasseThe Story of Mankind, Hendrik Wilem van LoonI. Asimov, Isaac AsimovThe Mist, Stephen KingNumber of the Beast, Robert HeinleinStranger in a Strange Land, Robert HeinleinTime Enough for Love, Robert HeinleinThe Magus, John FowlesRevelation, W. A. HarbinsonBirdy, William WhartonZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert PirsigImage of the Beast, Philip Jose FarmerThe 100: A Ranking of the 100 Most Influence People in History, Michael HartWonderful Life, Stephen J. GouldDiaspora by Greg EganThe Truth Machine by James HalperinThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Einstein's Universe by Gary F. MoringQueen of the Damned, Anne RiceMenoch the Devil, Anne RiceWhy I am Not Christian, Bertrand RussellVenus on the Half Shell, Kilgore TroutChildhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke

In terms of pure mind-boggling concepts, such as higher dimensions, imaginative alien life, and the future of humanity, I'd say that Diaspora by Greg Egan is my favorite book in this department. I also found that The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle had many valuable lessons. I'm also a fan of the author, Chuck Palahnuik.
For a wonderful book on Einstein and some ramifications of his strange theories, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Einstein's Universe by Gary F. Moring is great.
Books I Wrote
A Beginner's Guide to Immortality
The Mobius Strip
Sex, Drugs, Einstein, and Elves
A Passion for Mathematics
Calculus and Pizza
The Mathematics of Oz
The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars
The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience
The Stars of Heaven
Mind-Bending Puzzles
Dreaming the Future
Wonders of Numbers
The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
Cryptorunes: Codes and Secret Writing
Surfing Through Hyperspace
Time: A Traveler's Guide
Strange Brains and Genius
The Science of Aliens
Spider Legs
The Alien IQ Test
The Loom of God
Black Holes: A Traveler's Guide
Keys to Infinity
Chaos in Wonderland
Mazes for the Mind
Computers and the Imagination
Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty
Neoreality Science Fiction Series
Liquid Earth
The Lobotomy Club
Sushi Never Sleeps
Egg Drop Soup
Edited Collections
Chaos and Fractals
Fractal Horizons
Future Health: Computers & Medicine in the 21st Century
Visualizing Biological Information
The Pattern Book: Fractals, Art, and Nature
Visions of the Future
Frontiers of Scientific Visualization
Spiral Symmetry