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Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine.
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Born 30 January 1941 · Q358312
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2016· 1 entry
Benford was the recipient of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society Forry Award Lifetime Achievement Award in the Field of Science Fiction
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2015· 1 entry
Smithsonian Magazine: Gregory Benford
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2006· 2 entries
Benford pointed out one possible danger in this approach: if this lens were built and global warming were avoided, there would be less incentive to reduce greenhouse gases, and humans might continue to produce too much c
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In order to found and develop Genescient Corporation
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2004· 1 entry
Benford proposed that the harmful effects of global warming could be reduced by the construction of a rotating Fresnel lens 1,000 kilometres across, floating in space at the Lagrangian point L1
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1997· 1 entry
By Edward Teller, Lowell Wood, and Roderick Hyde
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Premio Gigamesh for Timescape (1985).
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1981· 2 entries
Awarded John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1981).
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Awarded Nebula Award for Best Novel for Timescape (1981).
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded BSFA Award for Best Novel for Timescape (1980).
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded Nebula Award for Best Novelette for If the Stars Are Gods (1975).
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1969· 2 entries
Wrote "The Scarred Man", the first story about a computer virus (based on a real computer virus he had spread), published in 1970
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Began writing a science column for Amazing Stories
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1967· 1 entry
Studied at University of California, San Diego, Doctor of Philosophy (1967).
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1963· 1 entry
From the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, followed by a Master of Science from the University of California, San Diego in 1965, and a doctorate there in 1967
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1941· 1 entry
Born 1941-01-30.
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