George Dyson
George
Dyson is a nonfiction author and historian of technology whose
publications broadly cover the evolution of technology in relation to the
physical environment and the direction of society.
George has written on a wide range of topics including the history of
computing, the development of algorithms and intelligence, communication
systems, space exploration, and the design of watercraft.
His books include
Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe,
Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence,
Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship,
and
Baidarka: The Kayak.
Lecturing widely at academic institutions, corporations, and tech
conferences, George gives a historical context to the evolution of
technology in modern society and provides thought-provoking ideas on the
directions in which technology and the internet might develop.
Watch
Authors at Google: George Dyson, “Turing’s Cathedral”,
George Dyson: The birth of the computer, and
George Dyson: The story of Project Orion.
Read
Q&A: Hacker Historian George Dyson Sits Down With Wired’s Kevin Kelly and
“An Artificially Created Universe”: The Electronic Computer Project at IAS.
Read his
Wikipedia profile.
