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engineers who wrote science fiction
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Paul Nahin
Paul Nahin (born 1940)

engineer

  • Stanford University, California Institute of Technology

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Microcosmic Tales
Great Science Fiction
Time machines
Holy Sci-Fi!
Time travel
When Least Is Best
Time Machine Tales
An imaginary tale
The science of radio
Dr. Euler's fabulous formula
Space Mail, Volume II
The logician and the engineer
Will You Be Alive Ten Years From Now And Numerous Other Curious Questions In Probability
Oliver Heaviside
Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers
Chases and Escapes
Digital Dice
Number-crunching
Mrs. Perkins's electric quilt
Inside Interesting Integrals
How to Fall Slower Than Gravity
In Pursuit of Zeta-3
Transients for Electrical Engineers
In praise of simple physics
Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1980, Featuring *The Humanoid Universe* (Volume C, No. 6)
Chris Metzen
Chris Metzen (born 1973)

comics artist, voice actor, visual artist, computer scientist, graphic designer, video game designer, television producer, video game director, casting director

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Primacy
Transformers
Transformers Rise of Optimus Prime
Frontline
World of Warcraft
StarCraft
Snow Fight: A Warcraft Tale
The Art of Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft - Of Blood and Honor
Auroboros : Coils of the Serpent
Warcraft, the roleplaying game
Marvin Minsky
Marvin Minsky (1927-2016)

mathematician, computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher

  • Harvard University, Princeton University

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Turing Option
Perceptrons
The society of mind
Semantic information processing
The emotion machine
Computation: finite and infinite machines
Robotics
Inventive Minds: Marvin Minsky on Education (The MIT Press)
Thinking Machines
Mentopolis
Het Denken
Computers & Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Raymond Kurzweil
Raymond Kurzweil (born 1948)

inventor, computer scientist, entrepreneur, scientist, futurist, artificial intelligence researcher, philosopher

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Digital Rapture
The Singularity Is Near
Spiritualities, Ethics, and Implications of Human Enhancement and Artificial Intelligence
Humanite 2.0
Danielle : Includes the Companion Book How You Can Be a Danielle
The Singularity Is Near
The age of spiritual machines
The age of intelligent machines
Transcend
Visions of the Future
The age of intelligent machines
The 10% solution for a healthy life
The age of spiritual machines
How to Create a Mind
Transcend
Fantastic voyage
The Age of Spiritual Machines
After Shock
How to Create a Mind
Homo sapiens. Leben im 21. Jahrhundert. Was bleibt vom Menschen?
Singularity Is Nearer
Singularity Is Near
How to Create a Mind
POLYGLOTT-W©RTERBUCH ENGLISCH
The eternal e-customer
Era de Las Maquinas Espirituales La
Fantastic voyage
Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine
How to Create a Mind
Virtually Human
Age of Spiritual Machines
Intelligent Universe
Age of Intelligent Machines Video
A Chronicle of Ideas
La era de las máquinas espirituales
Die Intelligenz der Evolution Wenn Mensch und Computer verschmelzen
Danielle Lib/E
The age of spiritual machines : when computers exceed human intelligence
İnsanlık 2.0
Bir Zihin Yaratmak
Keigo Higashino
Keigo Higashino (born 1958)

engineer

  • Osaka Prefecture University

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The devotion of suspect X
Naoko
赤い指
悪意
Journey Under the Midnight Sun
The devotion of suspect X
Malice
Malice
パラレルワールド・ラブストーリー
Salvation of A Saint
Dōkyūsei
容疑者Xの献身 (Yōgisha X no kenshin)
Salvation of a saint
Ano koro bokura wa aho deshita
探偵ガリレオ
Niji o ayatsuru shōnen
Newcomer
私が彼を殺した
Aru tozasareta yuki no sansō de
Malice
片想い
Henshin
Tenku no hachi
Uso o mouhitotsu dake
Shukumei
危険なビーナス
A Midsummer's Equation
Hōkago
Shimei to tamashii no rimitto
The Devotion of Suspect X
Bunshin
Crucifix of Nothingness
Satsujin genba wa kumo no ue
Chō satsujin jiken
麒麟の翼
恋のゴンドラ
Hakuba sansō satsujin jiken
Kairōtei satsujin jiken
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
白夜行
The devotion of suspect X
Journey under the Midnight Sun
Gakuseigai no satsujin
Kaishou shou setsu
A Midsummer's equation
Night Vision [Japanese Edition]
Hannin no inai satsujin no yoru
The name of the game is a kidnapping
Byakuyakō
Salvation of a Saint
Juichimoji no Satsujin
眠りの森
Namiya chaphwajŏm ŭi kichŏk
嘘をもうひとつだけ
Mi mi
探偵倶楽部
虚像の道化師
Kyozō no dōkeshi
Platina Data in Japanese
卒業
Manatsu no hōteishiki
Satsujin no mon
Tong ji sheng
Bi ye qian sha ren you xi
The Lakeside Murder Case
Charenji?
Ore wa hijōkin
祈りの幕が下りる時
Utsukushiki kyōki
Verda˜chtige Geliebte
手紙
Dying eye
Chen Shui de Sen Lin
Gēmu no na wa yūkai
Samayou yaiba
Tokio
Shinobu Sense ni sayonara
Meitantei no jubaku
Tabun saigo no goaisatsu
Kleine Wunder um Mitternacht
La devoción del sospechoso X
Himitsu
Kamen sansō satsujin jiken
Tegami
Malice
Meitantei no okite
Yoake no machi de
The devotion of suspect X
Salvation of a saint
Utsuro na jūjika
Gen'ya
Fang xue hou
Yochimu
Wei Xian Weinasi
さまよう刃
Ryūsei no kizuna
Tantei kurabu
Garireo no kunō
ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟
流星の絆
La maison où je suis mort autrefois
Inori no maku ga oriru toki
Bulutesi de xin zang =
The Devotion of the Suspect X
ガリレオの苦悩
The devotion of suspect X
Seijo no kyūsai
Reikusaido
Kokushō shōsetsu
Hakugin jakku
Tenshi no mimi
Ayashii hitobito
真夏の方程式
Jūji yashiki no piero
夜明けの街で
Under the Midnight Sun
Da gai shi zui hou de zhao hu =
Jie you za huo dian
Bian shen =
浪花少年探偵団
Chōjin keikaku
Yu zhi meng
Under the midnight sun
Le Nouveau
Kaishō shōsetsu
Xu xiang de chou jue
Ping xing shi jie de ai qing gu shi =
Baima shan zhuang sha ren shi jian
Ji feng hui xuan qu
Myŏng tʻamjŏng ŭi chŏju
Sha ren zhi men
Suteki na Nipponjin
Shimei to tamashii no rimitto
Huan ye
Li ming zhi jie
Filastrocca per l'assassino
Jie chi bai yin =
Liu xing zhi ban
Bin si zhi yan
Ano koro no dareka
Satsujin no mon
Lian ai lan che
Lap'ŭllasŭ ŭi manyŏ
Hei xiao xiao shuo
[Pijŏnggŭn]
Shen tan Jialilüe
Dan lian
Charenji
Wihŏmhan pinŏsŭ
Dang shi de mou ren
Mukashi boku ga shinda ie
Bang jia you xi
Jin ji mo shu
Burakku shōman to na mo naki machi no satsujin
Meng huan hua =
Salvation of a saint
Zhen xia fang cheng shi
Bei lun 13
11 zi mi an
Wo sha le ta
E yi =
Qi lin zhi yi
Bai ye xing =
Xian yi ren X de xian shen
Bai ye xing
Wo de huang dang de qing chun
Namiya zakkaten no kiseki
Chinmoku no parēdo
Hanyŏrŭm ŭi pangjŏngsik
Xin can zhe
Maryoku no taidō
Mo qiu
Li ming po xiao de jie dao =
Xue yan zhui zhu
Tian kong zhi feng
Akai yubi
Hong shou zhi
Mo qiu
Tian shi zhi er =
Xue sheng jie sha ren =
Bin si zhi yan =
Mei li de xiong qi =
Masukarēdo ibu =
Yejimong
Tiao zhan
Purachina dēta =
Yongŭija X ŭi hŏnsin
Shi yi zi sha ren =
E yi
Dochira ka ga kanojo o koroshita
Neʼemanuto shel he-ḥashud x.
Kakkō no tamago wa dare no mono
Namiya Zakkaten no kiseki
Leng ku no dai ke lao shi =
Qi dao luo mu shi
Bi ye
Ch'ŏn'gong ŭi pyŏl
Masukarēdo hoteru =
Sheng nü de jiu shu =
Dang qi dao luo mu shi
Ren yu chen shui de jia
Shinzanmono
Jia mian qian ye
Jie you za huo dian =
Komikku Higashino Keigo misuterī
Kindan no majutsu
Shippū rondo
Bai ma shan zhuang sha ren shi jian
Unter der Mitternachtssonne
Masukarēdo naito =
Setsuen cheisu
Chō, satsujin jiken
Cham chanŭn sup
Ming zhen tan de jia suo =
Jia mian shan zhuang sha ren shi jian =
Bai jin shu ju
Liu xing zhi ban
Kong zhong sha ren xian chang
The devotion of suspect X
Ningyo no nemuru ie
Paradokkusu sātīn
Willy Ley
Willy Ley (1906-1969)

physicist, flight engineer, journalist, inventor

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The Science Fiction Roll of Honor
The Exploration of Mars
Another look at Atlantis
Rockets, Missiles
Beyond the Solar System
Conquest of Space
Willy Ley's For your information
Rockets, missiles, and men in space
The lungfish, the dodo & the unicorn
Rockets, missiles, and space travel
The poles
Exotic zoology
Dawn of zoology
The meteorite craters
Missiles, moonprobes, and megaparsecs
Satellites, rockets, and outer space
Dragons in amber
Our work in space
Another look at Atlantis, and fifteen other essays
Watchers of the skies
The exploration of Mars
Ranger to the moon
Events in space
The conquest of space
Engineers' dreams
Gas giants
Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1953
Willy Ley's Exotic zoology
Across the Space Frontier
Rockets, missiles, and space travel
Watchers of the Skies
Raumfahrttechnik 4.A.
Konrad Gesner, Leben und Werk
Beyond the solar system
Space travel
Harnessing space
Dragons in amber
Die möglichkeit der weltraumfahrt; allgemeinverständliche beiträge zum raumschiffahrtsproblem, von professor Hermann Oberth, dr. Franz v. Hoefft, dr.-ing. Walter Hohmann, dr. Karl Debus, ingenieur Guido von Pirquet und ingenieur Fr. W. Sander, herausgegeben von Willy Ley; mit 70 abbildungen
The drifting continents
Worlds of the past
Engineers' Dreams
Watchers of the skies
Rockets
The poles
The days of creation
Watchers of the Skies
The exploration of Mars
Rockets, missiles and space travel
Bombs and bombing
Rockets and space travel
Shells and shooting
Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1952
Man-made satellites
The Conquest of Space
Rockets
LIFE NATURE LIBRARY THE POLES
Salamanders and Other
Willy Ley's For your information
The lungfish, the dodo & the unicorn
Another Look At Atlantis
Harnessing Space
The exploration of Mars
Rockets, Missiles, and Men in Space
The Poles (Life Nature Library)
Rockets and space travel
The poles, (Life nature library)
The discovery of the elements
Beyond the solar system
Watchers of the skies; an informal history of astronomy from Babylon to the space age
On Earth and in the Sky
Missiles Moonpr
Watchers of the Skies
Worlds of the Past
Inside the Orbit of the Earth
Die Himmelskunde
Rockets
Watchers
Visitors from afar
Salamanders and other wonders
Mariner IV to Mars
The borders of mathematics
Die Fahrt ins Weltall
Watchers of the skies; an informal history of astronomy from Babylon to the space age
THE DRIFTING CONTINENTS
Engineers Dreams
Les pôles
Gas Giants; the Largest Planets
Events in space
Exotic Zoology
Les pôles
Missiles, Moonprobes And Megaparsecs
The Poles
The Lungfish, The Dodo & The Unicorn An Excursion Into Romantic Zoology, New Edition, Completely Revised and Enlarged
Harnessing space
Visitors from afar
Exotic zoology
Lungfish, Dodo
Our work in space
Rockets, missiles, and space travel
Lung fish and the unicorn
Bombs and bombing
Space stations
Mariner IV to Mars
Planets
The Conquest of Space
Ranger to Moon
Engineers' dreams
Inside the orbit of the earth
Man-made satellites
Rockets, missiles, and space travel
Rockets, missiles, and men in space
Ballistics
Our work in space
The lungfish and the unicorn
THE METEORITE CRATERS (Geology, astronomy)
The poles
Ranger to the Moon
Satellites, rockets and outer space
Watchers of the skies; an informal history of astronomy from Babylon to the space age
Engineer's dreams
Laṿyanim, ṭilim ṿehe-ḥalal ha-ḥitson
Rockets, missiles, and space travel
Planets
Space pilots
Exotic zoology
Exotic zoology
Visitors from afar: the comets
Watchers of the skies
Rockets, missiles, and space travel
Dawn of zoology
Inside the orbit of the earth
Engineers' dreams
Exploration of Mars
The borders of mathematics
ha-Ḳeṭavim
Watchers of the skies
Beyond the solar system
The lungfish and the unicorn
Homer Hickam
Homer Hickam (born 1943)

flight engineer, autobiographer, soldier, coal miner, scuba diver, aerospace engineer

  • Virginia Tech

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Crater Trueblood and the Lunar Rescue Company
Crater
Crescent
The Coalwood way
Rocket boys
Red Helmet
The ambassador's son
The keeper's son
Rocket Boys
Sky of stone
Sky of Stone
The Ambassador's Son (Josh Thurlow Novels)
The Dinosaur Hunter
October sky
We are not afraid
The far reaches
The Ambassador's Son
The Far Reaches
The Keeper's Son (Josh Thurlow Novels)
Torpedo Junction
Back to the Moon
Back to the moon
Torpedo junction
Back to the moon
Red helmet
My Dream of Stars
Far Reaches
October Sky
Torpedo Junction
Carrying Albert Home
Rocket Boys. Roman einer Jugend
Carrying Albert home
The ambassador's son
The far reaches
Dinosaur Hunter
Red Helmet
Viaje de Albert a Casa
Keeper's Son
Sky of Stone
The Coalwood Way
October Sky
October Sky
Arubāto, kokyō ni kaeru
Christos Papadimitriou
Christos Papadimitriou (born 1949)

mathematician, computer scientist, musician

  • Princeton University, National Technical University of Athens

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Turing
Złożoność obliczeniowa
Combinatorial optimization
Turing
Logicomix - An Epic Search for Truth
Computational complexity
Theory of DB Concurr Con 27-1
Algorithms
The theory of database concurrency control
Turing (a Novel about Computation)