Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford
Gregory Benfordis an American science fiction author and astrophysicist 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 January 1941
CountryUnited States of America
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Whatever the life form, evolution selects for economy of resources.
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We hope we can slow or possibly reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's.
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True twins share womb chemistry and endure many fateful slings and arrows together. The fabled connection between twins is true in my case.
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The world is neither running down nor deterministic, and a strict division of order versus chaos is just wrong.
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The talk shows I've done are all radio for exactly this reason: I don't want to wear a rubber mask.
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The earliest depiction of libertarian eugenics may have appeared in a science fiction novel, Robert Heinlein's 1942 tale 'Beyond This Horizon.'
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'Star Trek' is notorious for looting the more thoughtful work of writers for their striking effects, leaving behind most of the thought and subtlety.
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Science would lead you to a more interesting life than something else.
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My brother Jim and I shared a womb without a view for nine months.
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Mathematics cannot handle physical quantities like density that literally go to infinity.
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Like immense time-binding discussions, genres allow ideas to be developed and traded, and for variations to be spun down through decades.
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In the end, postmodern art is obscene not because it is offensive, but because it is boring.
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I've always felt that specialization is best left to the insects.
I'm a very big Faulkner fan 'cause I'm a Southerner.