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Gregory Benford

Gregory Benford (Gregory Albert Benford) is an astrophysicist and science fiction author who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is also a contributing editor of Reason magazine. Benford is best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, a series that postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life.

Greg was born in Mobile, Alabama. He received his Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Oklahoma, followed by his Masters and then his Doctorate from the University of California, San Diego. Having published more than 200 scientific papers, his research encompasses both theory and experiments in the fields of astrophysics and plasma physics.

Greg is a two-time winner of the Nebula Award and has also won the John W. Campbell Award, the Australian Ditmar Award, the Lord Foundation Prize, and the 1990 United Nations Medal in Literature.

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Science fiction author and astrophysicist

Born January 30, 1941

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Science fiction author and astrophysicist

Born January 30, 1941

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Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, American Science fiction, Science fiction, Fiction, general, Life on other planets, Science fiction, american, Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction, Science Fiction, English Science fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Short stories, Fantasy, Interplanetary voyages, Science, American Fantasy fiction, American Short stories, Fiction in English, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, science fiction, collections & anthologies, Fiction, short stories (single author), History, American fiction, American literature, Anthologies

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Mars (Planet), Murasaki, United States

People

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Hari Seldon (Fictitious character)

Time

20th century, The Future

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Alternative names

  • Sterling Blake
  • Gregory Albert Benford
  • Gregory A. Benford
  • Gregory Benford

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January 21, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
July 30, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
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November 12, 2021 Edited by dcapillae fix alternative names
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