TEDxLosGatos - Rudy Rucker - Transreal in Los Gatos

Dr. Rudy Rucker, Ph.D., Mathematician, Computer Scientist, Science Fiction Author, Artist, and Philosopher

Rudy Rucker is a writer, a mathematician, and a computer scientist­ with thirty-two published books. In the 1980s he received Philip K. Dick awards for his cyberpunk novels Software and Wetware. He was a computer science professor at San Jose State for twenty years. He took up painting in 1999, and he's had three shows of his pop-surreal works in San Francisco. His fantastic novel of the afterlife, Jim and the Flims and his autobiography, Nested Scrolls: The Autobiography of Rudolf von Bitter Rucker Life, both appear in 2011. Rudy also edits a speculative fiction webzine called Flurb.




In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• USA
• United States
• English
• TEDxLosGatos
• TED
• TEDx
• Los Gatos
• Jonathan Knowles
• Rudy Rucker
• art
• design
• science
• education
• community
• philosophy
• cyberspace