Biography
After receiving his Ph.D. from Yale University's Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Clifford Pickover went on to author over thirty highly acclaimed books that have been translated in ten languages.

His areas of interests range far and wide, addressing computers, creativity, religion, art, mathematics, black holes, human behavior and intelligence, time travel, alien life and science fiction.

A prolific inventor with dozens of patents, Pickover is an IBM Research Staff Member as well as puzzle contributor to magazines geared to children and adults. Additionally he is either a contributor, associate editor or editorial board member for various journals, including: Discover Magazine (Brain-Boggler Columnist), Computers and Graphics (Associate Editor), Computers in Physics (Associate Editor), Theta--Math (Associate Editor), Odyssey (Editorial Board), Idealistic Studies--Philosophy (Editorial Board), Leonardo--Art and Technology (Editorial Board), Speculations in Science and Technology (Editorial Board) and YLEM--Artists using Science and Technology (Editorial Board).

Pickover's recent books include The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience, The Loom of God, Surfing through Hyperspace, Time: A Traveler's Guide, Dreaming the Future, Keys to Infinity, Wonders of Numbers, The Mathematics of Oz, and four science-fiction novels in a "Neoreality" series published by The Lighthouse Press, Inc., Liquid Earth, The Lobotomy Club, Sushi Never Sleeps, and Egg Drop Soup.

Reviews And Critical Acclaim
"Pickover inspires a new generation of da Vincis to build unknown flying machines and create new Mona Lisas."
--Christian Science Monitor

"I can't imagine anybody whose mind won't be stretched by Surfing through Hyperspace.
--Arthur C. Clarke

"Pickover is van Leeuwenhoek's 20th century equivalent."
--OMNI

"Dr. Pickover has published nearly a book a year in which he stretches the limits of computers, art, and thought." 
--Los Angeles Times

"Bucky Fuller thought big, Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Cliff Pickover outdoes them both."
--WIRED

"Add two doses of Isaac Asimov, and one dose each of Martin Gardner and Carl Sagan, and you get Clifford Pickover, one of the most entertaining and thought provoking writers of our time.
--Michael Shermer, Editor-in-Chief
   Skeptic magazine

"In recent years, Pickover has taken up the helm once worn by Isaac Asimov as the most compelling popular explainer of cutting-edge scientific ideas."
--In Pittsburgh

"Run, leap, scurry and scoot to your nearest bookstore and get Pickover's books. Every now and then, a book comes along that reminds us what computers are all about -- not spreadsheets and databases, but expansion of the mind and soul."
--BYTE

"Clifford Pickover is many things--scientist, scholar, author, editor, and visionary..."
--GAMES

"Pickover just seems to exist in more dimensions than the rest of us."
-- Ian Stewart
   Scientific American

A perpetual idea machine, Clifford Pickover is one of the most creative, original thinkers in the world today."
--Journal of Recreational Mathematics

Author's Work
LIQUID EARTH
THE LOBOTOMY CLUB
SUSHI NEVER SLEEPS
EGG DROP SOUP

Author's Work Offered Online
Liquid Earth at AMAZON.COM and BARNES&NOBLE.COM
The Lobotomy Club at AMAZON.COM and BARNES&NOBLE.COM
Sushi Never Sleeps at AMAZON.COM and BARNES&NOBLE.COM
Egg Drop Soup at AMAZON.COM and BARNES&NOBLE.COM

Author's Website
PICKOVER.COM