George Dyson
George is a historian of technology whose interests range from the development (and redevelopment) of the Aleut kayak to the evolution of digital computing, telecommunications, and nuclear bomb-propelled space exploration. Dyson, who lives in Bellingham, Wash., divides his time between building boats and writing books. He consideres himself a follower of Nathaniel bishop, who, while paddling a paper kayak to the Gulf of Mexico from Quebec in 1874, urged his audience at Princeton University to "seek in his friendly canoe that relief which nature offers to the tired brain. Let him go into the wilderness and live close to his Creator by studying his works."Author of these Magazine Articles
Cottage Economy
Pamphleteer William Cobbett launched the sustainability movement - in 1821.
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19: Robots page 150
Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata
In an era of increasingly self-reproducing goods, we can suffer a declining economy while still producing more stuff than people can consume.
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17: Lost Knowledge page 182
Economic Disequilibrium
Can you have your house and spend it too?
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15: Music page 170
Project Orion: Deep Space Force
For the atomic rocket engineers, the moon was in; Saturn and Mars were out.
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13: Magic page 180
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Nuclear explosion-powered rocketry.
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12: Upload page 176
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The 1977 Gulf of Alaska baidarka expedition.
In
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from MAKE:
11: Alt Vehicles page 182
In the Beginning Was the CRT
Once upon a time, there was no distinction between memory and display.
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10: Home Electronics page 178
The Science of String
High-tensile fastenings stand the test of time.
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09: Fringe page 186
Barricelli's Universe
Early experiments in digital evolution.
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08: Toys and Games page 190
Strange Love
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Or, how they learned to start worrying and love to hate the bomb.
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07: Backyard Biology page 188
Off-the-Shelf Parts, Off-the-Wall Ideas
Looking for the dawn of the digital universe? Check in the basement, next to the lavatory.
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06: Robots page 190
A Treehouse Grows in British Columbia
Three years, 95 feet above the Earth.
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05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 190
Photographer for these Magazine Articles
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The 1977 Gulf of Alaska baidarka expedition.
In
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from MAKE:
11: Alt Vehicles page 182
Illustrator for these Magazine Articles
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The 1977 Gulf of Alaska baidarka expedition.
In
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from MAKE:
11: Alt Vehicles page 182
