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Herbert George "H. G." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells

H. G. Wells

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Men Like Gods

Men Like Gods is a novel (the author called it a "scientific fantasy" [ 2 ] ) published in 1923 by H.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein Robert Anson Heinlein ( pron.: / ˈ h aɪ n l aɪ n / HYN -lyn ; [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction writer.

Robert A. Heinlein

Carl Sagan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan#Education_and_scientific_career Carl Edward Sagan ( pron.: / ˈ s eɪ ɡ ə n / ; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer , astrophysicist , cosmologist , author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He spent most of his career as a professor of astronomy at Cornell University where he directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies . He published more than 600 scientific papers [ 2 ] and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books.
Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film adapted from the Carl Sagan novel of the same name and directed by Robert Zemeckis . Both Sagan and wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film adaptation of Contact .

Contact (film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(film)
Occam's razor (also written as Ockham's razor , Latin lex parsimoniae ) is a principle of parsimony, economy, or succinctness used in logic and problem-solving. It states that among competing hypotheses, the one that makes the fewest assumptions should be selected. [ edit ] Overview

Occam's razor

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Marvin Minsky

Marvin Lee Minsky (born August 9, 1927) is an American cognitive scientist in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's AI laboratory, and author of several texts on AI and philosophy .
http://web.media.mit.edu/~push/ExaminingSOM.html To appear in the journal Computing and Informatics. Push Singh

Examining the Society of Mind

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre.

Philip K. Dick

Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke , CBE , FRAS , Sri Lankabhimanya , (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer and inventor, [ 2 ] and futurist . [ 3 ] He is famous for his short stories and novels, including 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] For many years Robert A. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke#The_Big_Three
Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by the British author Arthur C.

Childhood's End

Clarke's three laws

Clarke's Three Laws are three "laws" of prediction formulated by the British writer Arthur C.
Robert James Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian science fiction writer. [ 2 ] He has had 21 novels published, [ 3 ] and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact , Amazing Stories , On Spec , Nature , and many anthologies. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Sawyer has won [ 3 ] [ 6 ] the Nebula Award (1995), [ 7 ] the Hugo Award (2003), [ 8 ] and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006). [ 9 ]

Robert J. Sawyer

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FlashForward

FlashForward is an American television series , adapted for TV by Brannon Braga and David S. Goyer , which aired for one season on ABC between September 24, 2009 and May 27, 2010. It is based on the 1999 novel Flashforward by Canadian science fiction writer Robert J.

René Laloux

René Laloux (July 13, 1929 – March 14, 2004) was a French animator and film director. [ edit ] Biography He was born in Paris in 1929 and went to art school to study painting .