Clifford A. Pickover

Clifford A. Pickover was an American writer, journalist and novelist (born 1957). He was born at Ocean County.

Also recorded as Clifford Alan Pickover.

Clifford A. Pickover in brief

Born
1957
Known for
writer, journalist and novelist
Place of birth
Ocean County
Contents

Catalogued works

46 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1998 to 2014.

The Möbius Strip. The Math Book. Wonders of Numbers. The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics. Liquid Earth. The Lobotomy Club. Sushi Never Sleeps. Egg Drop Soup. The Heaven Virus. Spiral Symmetry. Math Book. The Mobius Strip. Physics Book. LIBRO DE LAS MATEMATICAS, EL. EL LIBRO DE LA CIENCIA. Artificial Intelligence : an Illustrated History. INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL. LIBRO DE LA FISICA, EL. Pattern Book. Aliens. Visualizing Biological Information. Spider Legs. The Science Book. The physics devotional. Fractal 3D Magic. Chaos and fractals. Mazes for the mind. Mind-Bending Puzzles. Mind-Bending Puzzles 2005 Calendar. A beginner's guide to immortality, dated 2007. The Book of Black. Mind-Bending Puzzles 2004 Calendar. The mathematics devotional. Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars. The pattern book. Surfing Through Hyperspace. Sex, drugs, Einstein, & elves. Frontiers of scientific visualization. Black holes. Future health. The paradox of God and the science of omniscience / Clifford A. Pickover., dated 2002, held by Wellcome Collection. The girl who gave birth to rabbits : a true medical mystery / Clifford A. Pickover., dated 2000, held by Wellcome Collection. Strange brains and genius : the secret lives of eccentric scientists and madmen / Clifford A. Pickover., dated [1998], held by Wellcome Collection. Archimedes to Hawking : laws of science and the great minds behind them / Clifford A. Pickover., dated 2008, held by Wellcome Collection. The medical book : from witch doctors to robot surgeons : 250 milestones in the history of medicine / Clifford A. Pickover., dated [2012], held by Wellcome Collection. What should we be worried about? : real scenarios that keep scientists up at night / John Brockman., dated [2014], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Review: Archimedes to Hawking by Clifford Pickover, New Scientist, 2008. Keys to Infinity by Clifford A. Pickover (review), Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 1997. Review: <i>The Science of Aliens</i>, by Clifford Pickover, Science Fiction Studies, 1999. <i>Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives of Eccentric Scientists and Madmen</i>. Clifford Pickover, Isis, 1999. The M𝛼TH 𝛽OOK by Clifford Pickover, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 2015.

Digitised editions and texts

9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

TSHM03 EL LIBRO DE LAS MATEMATICAS DE PITAGORAS A LA 57 DIMENSION Clifford A. Pickover 2012 (2012) — Internet Archive. Spider Legs (1998) — Internet Archive. The Math Book From Pythagoras To The 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones In The History Of Mathematics ( Sterling Milestones) (2009) — Internet Archive. The Stars of Heaven (2001) — Internet Archive. The paradox of God and the science of omniscience (2004) — Internet Archive. El Libro de las Matemáticas (2012) — Internet Archive. The Heaven Virus (2007) — Internet Archive. The physics book (2011) — Internet Archive. The alien IQ test (1997) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1957Clifford A. Pickover born at Ocean County.
  2. 1998Spider Legs digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 2001The Stars of Heaven digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2004The paradox of God and the science of omniscience digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 2009The Math Book From Pythagoras To The 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones In The History Of Mathematics ( Sterling Milestones) digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2012TSHM03 EL LIBRO DE LAS MATEMATICAS DE PITAGORAS A LA 57 DIMENSION Clifford A. Pickover 2012 digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 2012El Libro de las Matemáticas digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    <i>Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives of Eccentric Scientists and Madmen</i>. Clifford Pickover, Isis, 1999

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Keys to Infinity by Clifford A. Pickover (review), Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 1997

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Open Library author record for Clifford A. Pickover (Internet Archive), 74 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  4. 4.

    Review: <i>The Science of Aliens</i>, by Clifford Pickover, Science Fiction Studies, 1999

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Review: Archimedes to Hawking by Clifford Pickover, New Scientist, 2008

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    The M𝛼TH 𝛽OOK by Clifford Pickover, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 2015

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 9 digitised items catalogued under Clifford A. Pickover as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Clifford A. Pickover.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1101228: Clifford A. Pickover

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Clifford A. Pickover”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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