Authors of Interest

Contents:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Computing Limits
• Evolutionary Paths
• Nanotechnology
• Popular Writers
• Space Colonization or Travel
• Other Engineers or Related Researchers
• Theoretical Physics

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Intelligence or Robotics

• Good, I. J.
• Minsky, Minsky - computer scientist, artificial intelligence pioneer
• McEachern, R. H.
• Moravec, Hans - computer scientist
• Sandberg, Anders - computational neuroscientist
• Strout, Joseph - neuroscientist, mind uploading proponent

Computational Limits (Limits of Computing)

• Bekenstein, J. D.
• Bennett, Charles H.
• Bremermann, Hans J.
• Cirkovic, Milan M. - astrophysicist
• Frank, Michael P. - computer scientist
• Frautschi, Steven - physicist
• Fredkin, E. - computer scientist
• Gershenfeld, N
• Good, I. J.
• Hall, J. Stoors - computer scientist
• Joy, Bill - programmer
• Keyes, R. W.
• Landauer, Rolf
• Likharev, Konstantin. K.
• Lloyd, Seth
• Margolus, Norman
• Shapiro, Ehud
• Toffoli, Tommaso
• Vityani, P. M. B.

Evolutionary Paths

• Bostrom, N. - philosopher
• Diamond, Jared M. - anthropologist
• Kelsey, John, cryptographer
• Luskinovich, P. - engineer and evolutionary theorist
• Munck, L - cognitive scientist (?)
• Prigogine, I - physical chemist, specialist on evolution
• Sandberg, Anders - leading transhumanist
• Strout, Joseph - programmer, neuroscientist
• Vinge, Vernor - Science Fiction Author, creator of the singularity

Nanotechnology

• Drexler, K. Eric, - defined the field for molecular nanotechnology
• Freitas, R. A. - defined the field of nanomedicine, also a SETA pioneer
• Globas, Al - programmer
• Henson, H. Keith - founder and first president of the L5 society, space colonization, nanotechnology and cryonics enthusiast.
• Merkle, Ralph C. - important contributor to molecular nanotechnology

Space Colonization or Space Travel

• Forward, Robert L. - physicist, author, advanced propulsion engineer
• Kolm, H. H. - physicist, magnetics specialist
• O'Neill, Gerard K. - physicist, space colonization promoter

Theoretical Physics

• Hawking, Stephen W. - astrophysicist
• Penrose, Roger - physicist

Supercomputing

Other Nanotechnology/Engineering Leaders

• M. J. Gaffey - astronomer who considered mining asteroids
• G. A. Landis - engineer
• W. Ley - engineer
• Jones, Greg (Spike) - engineer

Popular Authors of Related Literature

• Broderick, Damien