Ramez Naam
Ramez Naam is an American technologist and science fiction writer. He is best known as the author of the Nexus Trilogy. His other books include The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet and More than Human: Embracing the Promises of Biological Enhancement.
Ramez Naam
Sebastiaan ter Burg from Utrecht, The Netherlands · Ramez Naam at the SingularityU The Netherlands Summit 2016 · CC BY 2.0
- Name
- Ramez Naam
- Birthplace
- Cairo, Egypt
- Occupation
- * Author
- Awards
- H.G.
- Born
- 2000 · Cairo.
- Nationality
- United States · Egypt
- Fields
- nanotechnology · biotechnology · science fiction · science fiction literature
- Education
- University of Illinois System · Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
- Known for
- Nexus
- Honours
- Bob Morane award for best foreign novel · Philip K. Dick Award
- Languages
- American English · English
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He is currently co-chair for energy and the environment at Singularity University. Earlier in his life, Naam was a computer scientist in Microsoft for 13 years and led teams working on Outlook, Internet Explorer, and Bing.
Ramez Naam studied at University of Illinois System and Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. The recorded working language is American English and English. The field of work recorded is nanotechnology, biotechnology and science fiction. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are science fiction. Places of work recorded in the authority are Seattle. Employment is recorded with Singularity University. Works named in the authority record are Nexus. Distinctions recorded are Bob Morane award for best foreign novel and Philip K.
The SingularityU The Netherlands Summit 2016 took place on September 12 13 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Netherlands Summit was aimed at bringing awareness about exponential technologies and their impact on business and policy. The theme of the summit was "Reality Check - Fast-Forward into our Future". For more information see www.singularityuthenetherlands.org/summit/summit
Sebastiaan ter Burg from Utrecht, The Netherlands · SingularityU The Netherlands Summit 2016
The SingularityU The Netherlands Summit 2016 took place on September 12 13 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Netherlands Summit was aimed at bringing awareness about exponential technologies and their impact on business and policy. The theme of the summit was "Reality Check - Fast-Forward into our Future". For more information see www.singularityuthenetherlands.org/summit/summit
Sebastiaan ter Burg from Utrecht, The Netherlands · SingularityU The Netherlands Summit 2016
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Ramez Naam • Birthplace — Cairo, Egypt • Occupation — * Author • speaker • futurist • Citizenship — United States • Awards — H.G. Wells Award, Prometheus Award, Nomination for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Philip K. Dick Award • Website — http: rameznaam.com/
Early life
Early life
Naam was born in Cairo, Egypt to a Coptic Christian family, and came to the United States when he was three years old. He has worked as a lifeguard. Naam worked at Microsoft for 13 years and led teams working on Outlook, Internet Explorer, and Bing.
Career
Career
Ramez Naam is an adjunct professor at Singularity University, where he lectures on energy, environment, and innovation. He has appeared on Sunday morning MSNBC, Yahoo! Finance, China Cable Television, BigThink, and Reuters.FM. His work has appeared in, or has been reviewed by, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Slate, Business Week, Business Insider, Discover, Popular Science, Wired, and Scientific American. Naam's book Nexus was one of NPR’s best books of 2013. Nexus and its sequels explore the risks and potential rewards of a technology allowing humans to link their mind directly to one another.
Non-fiction
Non-fiction
• More than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement. Broadway Books, 2005 • The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet. University Press of New England, 2013
The Nexus Trilogy
The Nexus Trilogy
• Nexus (December 2012) • Crux (August 2013) • Apex (May 2015)
Awards
In 2005 he received the H.G. Wells Award for Contributions to Transhumanism. In 2014 Nexus won the Prometheus Award, and he was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. In 2015 Apex won the Philip K. Dick Award.
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- 1.Scaling to optimism: Futurist, author and computer scientist Ramez Naam on the power of cheap tech. GeekWire. 2018-02-13.
- 2.Scaling to optimism: Futurist, author and computer scientist Ramez Naam on the power of cheap tech. GeekWire. 2018-02-13.
- 3.The biggest problem with Egypt's new constitution is that it will probably be ignored. 10 January 2013.
- 4.Scaling to optimism: Futurist, author and computer scientist Ramez Naam on the power of cheap tech. GeekWire. 2018-02-13.
- 5.Ramez Naam: The Future Isn't Set In Stone!. Singularity Weblog. 2014-01-20.
- 6.Nexus: Choosing Sides In The Trans-Human Revolution. NPR.org.
- 7.Nexus: Choosing Sides In The Trans-Human Revolution. NPR.org.
- 8.Ramez Naam. ieet.org.
- 9."2014 Hugo Awards" at LonCon 3 site
- 10.Liptak, Andrew. Ramez Naam's Apex Is The Winner Of The Philip K. Dick Award. io9.gizmodo.com. 26 March 2016.
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