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Vernor Vinge

Vernor Vinge
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Vernor Steffen Vinge was an American science fiction author and professor. He taught mathematics and computer science at San Diego State University. He was the first wide-scale popularizer of the technological singularity concept and among the first authors to present a fictional "cyberspace".

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  1. Kary MullisDecember 28, 1944 – August 7, 2019
  2. Michael GrätzelMay 11, 1944 – present
  3. Michael RosbashMarch 7, 1944 – present
  4. Rolf M. ZinkernagelJanuary 6, 1944 – present
  5. Serge HarocheSeptember 11, 1944 – present
  6. Vernor Vinge (this page)October 2, 1944 – March 20, 2024

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