He attended Franklin and Marshall College for his undergraduate degree. In 1982 he received his Ph.D. from Yale University's Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, where he conducted research on X-ray scattering and protein structure. In 1982 he joined IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center as a member of the speech synthesis group. For much of his career, he has published technical articles on scientific visualization, computer art, and recreational mathematics. Pickover is still employed at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, where he is the editor of the IBM Journal of Research and Development. He is also an associate editor for the scientific journal Computers and Graphics. For many years he wrote the Brain-Boggler column for Discover magazine, and he currently writes the Brain-Strain column for Odyssey magazine. He has written several science fiction novels as well, including his Neoreality series.
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Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty
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Computers and the imagination
4 editions - first published in 1991 -
Visions of the Future
4 editions - first published in 1992 -
Mazes for the mind
4 editions - first published in 1992 -
Fractal horizons
3 editions - first published in 1996 -
Time
3 editions - first published in 1998 -
The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars
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Wonders of Numbers
3 editions - first published in 2000 -
The Mobius Strip
2 editions - first published in 2006 -
The alien IQ test
2 editions - first published in 1997 -
The paradox of God and the science of omniscience
2 editions - first published in 2001 -
Strange brains and genius
2 editions - first published in 1998 -
Calculus and Pizza
2 editions - first published in 2003 -
Surfing Through Hyperspace
2 editions - first published in 1999 -
Black holes
2 editions - first published in 1996 -
Chaos in Wonderland
2 editions - first published in 1994 -
The Stars of Heaven
2 editions - first published in 2001 -
The Mathematics of Oz
2 editions - first published in 2002 -
A beginner's guide to immortality
2 editions - first published in 2006 -
The pattern book
2 editions - first published in 1995 -
Cryptorunes
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
Mind-Bending Puzzles 2002 Calendar
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
Oh, les nombres !
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
Fractals
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
Liquid Earth (Neoreality Series)
1 edition - first published in 2002 -
The Math Book Sterling Milestones
1 edition - first published in 2012 -
Death and the Afterlife
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Dreaming the future
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
The science of aliens
1 edition - first published in 1998 -
Computers, pattern, chaosand beauty
1 edition - first published in 1990 -
A passion for mathematics
1 edition - first published in 2005 -
The girl who gave birth to rabbits
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
The loom of God
1 edition - first published in 1997
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