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John von Neumann<\/strong>
\nBio
\nhttp:\/\/www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk\/~history\/Biographies\/Von_Neumann.html
\nMathematician (died 1957) who made major contributions to a vast range of fields including set theory, quantum mechanics, economics and game theory, and computer science. Explored cellular automatons and self assembly.<\/p>\n

Stanislaw Ulam<\/strong>
\nMathematician (died 1984) who worked in number theory, set theory, etc. Explored cellular automatons and self assembly with von Neumann.<\/p>\n

John Conway<\/strong>
\nBio
\nhttp:\/\/www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk\/~history\/Biographies\/Conway.html
\nCreator of the cellular automaton Game of Life<\/p>\n

Beno\u00eet Mandelbrot<\/strong>
\nFather of fractal geometry who uses mathematical patterns in the study of various phenomena, including financial markets.<\/p>\n

Stephen Wolfram<\/strong>
\nPersonal web site
\nhttp:\/\/www.stephenwolfram.com\/
\nKnown for work in cellular automata, complexity theory, and computer algebra, and creator of the computer program Mathematica.<\/p>\n

Gregory Chaitin<\/strong>
\nHome Page
\nhttp:\/\/www.cs.auckland.ac.nz\/~chaitin\/complete.html
\nContributions to algorithmic information theory and the notion that extreme complexity can be generated by simple rules.<\/p>\n

Rudy Rucker<\/strong>
\nHome Page
\nhttp:\/\/www.cs.sjsu.edu\/faculty\/rucker\/
\nMathematician and science fiction writer who\u2019s book, The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul, suggests that the world is a computation.<\/p>\n

Lee Smolin<\/strong>
\nAdvocate for loop quantum gravity, an alternative to string theory.<\/p>\n

Ray Kurzweil<\/strong>
\nAbout Ray Kurzweil
\nhttp:\/\/www.kurzweiltech.com\/aboutray.html
\nKurzweil\u2019s information service
\nhttp:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/index.html?flash=1
\nAdvocate of the Singularity, the notion that technology develops exponentially, and that human and machine intelligence will merge.<\/p>\n

David Deutsch<\/strong>
\nWeb site
\nhttp:\/\/www.qubit.org\/people\/david\/<\/p>\n

Craig Venter<\/strong>
\nVenter institute
\nhttp:\/\/www.tigr.org\/
\nI instrumental in mapping the human genome. Now discovering new genes and designing new organisms.<\/p>\n

John Smart<\/strong>
\nBio
\nhttp:\/\/www.accelerationwatch.com\/bio_johnsmart.html
\nFuturist and scholar of accelerating change.<\/p>\n

Eric Drexler<\/strong>
\nHome Page
\nhttp:\/\/e-drexler.com\/p\/idx04\/00\/0404drexlerBioCV.html
\nPioneer in molecular nanotechnology.<\/p>\n

Ralph Merkle<\/strong>
\nHome Page
\nhttp:\/\/www.merkle.com\/
\nPioneer in public key cryptography and a researcher and speaker on molecular nanotechnology and cryonics.<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Kipnis<\/strong>
\nFaculty page
\nhttp:\/\/knowlton.osu.edu\/default.asp?content=29&faculty=27
\nAdditional faculty page
\nhttp:\/\/www.arch.columbia.edu\/index.php?pageData=10516
\nPhysicist and architectural theorist with an interest in genomics.<\/p>\n

Karl Chu<\/strong>
\nFaculty Page
\nhttp:\/\/www.arch.columbia.edu\/index.php?pageData=28630
\nArchitect applying genomics to the generation of architecture and urban form.<\/p>\n

Haresh Lalvani<\/strong>
\nWork in AlgoRhythms
\nhttp:\/\/www.milgo-bufkin.com\/algorhythms\/index.html
\nArchitect\/morphologist working in higher dimensions and is working to decode the morphological genome, the rules unlerlying all form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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