Seek! Selected Nonfiction
by Rudy Rucker
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The essays and memoirs collected in Seek! trace Rudy Rucker's trajectory through the final decade of the second millennium. His topics include artificial life, chaos, the big bang, Pieter Brueghel, the church of the subgenius, live sex, mathematics, science fiction, and TV evangelism. A computer scientist and programmer, Rucker is an articulate, engaging guide to the world on either side of the computer screen.Tags
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Breezy essays on heady topics: cellular automata, fractals, mysticism, SF, Japan, and Peter Breughel among them. Flimsy in spots, a little out of date in others (some of the essays on technology date back to the 1980s), but nevertheless, an OK geek vacation book: mostly pleasant and easy, occasionally thought-provoking.
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Rudy Rucker is a mathematician, computer scientist, professor, and writer who has twice won the Philip K. Dick Award for best SF paperback original, and has published a number of successful popular books on mathematical subjects, including The Fourth Dimension and Infinity and the Mind. He lives in Los Gatos, California.
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