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Sex, Drugs, Einstein, and Elves: Sushi, Psychedelics, Parallel Universes, and the Quest for Transcendence
By Clifford A. Pickover
Copyright © 2005 Smart Publications - ISBN: 1-890572-17-9
$16.95 - 318 pages, softcover
"Sex, Drugs, Einstein and Elves is quite a book and fully a close encounter with Clifford Pickover's amazing mind. The book made me wish I could spend a few hours with Dr. Pickover just picking his brain. Yes, the book is a tour de force" — Science Editor, Harvard University Press
"Cliff Pickover is a believer whose faith in the marvelous nature of the universe is uniquely revealed through his skillful employment of the skeptic's razor. Stripping away the veil that hides the unseen realms of the possible, Sex, Drugs, Einstein & Elves. offers glints of the spectacular rewards to be grasped when science and the Socratic method are trained, where they ought to be, on the sublime and the mysterious." — Charles Hayes, author of Tripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic Adventures
"Clifford Pickover's ability to connect various fields of understanding is a true display of synthesis to reveal wholes greater than their parts. At the same time he can analyze a subject to extract the one or two things he needs in yet another larger insight. He is a deep sea diver, and a stellar voyager." — George Zebrowski, John W. Campbell Prize winner for Brute Orbits
"Dr. Pickover's book made me want to read Proust, eat sushi, and contemplate parallel universes. Of course, I've done all those things before but Pickover's joyfully whimsical and lucid writing style reminded me why." — Ken Goffman aka RU Sirius, author of Counterculture Through The Ages
Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves is one of my all-time favorite books. I simply could not put this book down! From quantum theory to hallucinogenic worms, Clifford Pickover's fascinating orgy of page-turning, paradigm-shifting ideas about cutting-edge science and unexplained phenomena simply blew my mind. Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves is the literary equivalent of a psychedelic experience; after reading this book you will never see reality the same again. Highly recommended! But...
"Warning! Proceed with extreme caution! Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves is a dangerously psychoactive and highly addictive book. I simply could not put this book down! Clifford Pickover's hallucinogenic orgy of paradigm-shifting ideas is guaranteed to increase your intelligence and expand your mind, but--trust me--after reading this book, you will never see reality the same again." — David Jay Brown, author of Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse
About the Author
Clifford A. Pickover received his Ph.D. from Yale University's Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. He graduated first in his class from Franklin and Marshall College, after completing the four-year undergraduate program in three years. His many books have been translated into Italian, French, Greek, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish Turkish, and Polish.
One of the most prolific and eclectic authors of our time, Pickover is author of the popular books: A Passion for Mathematics (Wiley, 2004), Calculus and Pizza (Wiley, 2003). The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience (Palgrave/St. Martin's Press, 2002), The Stars of Heaven (Oxford University Press, 2001), The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars (Princeton University Press, 2001), Dreaming the Future (Prometheus, 2001) Wonders of Numbers (Oxford University Press, 2000), The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits (Prometheus, 2000), Surfing Through Hyperspace (Oxford University Press, 1999), The Science of Aliens (Basic Books, 1998), Time: A Traveler's Guide (Oxford University Press, 1998), Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives of Eccentric Scientists and Madmen (Plenum, 1998), The Alien IQ Test (Basic Books, 1997), The Loom of God (Plenum, 1997), Black Holes - A Traveler's Guide (Wiley, 1996), and Keys to Infinity (Wiley, 1995). He is also author of numerous other highly-acclaimed books including Chaos in Wonderland: Visual Adventures in a Fractal World (1994), Mazes for the Mind: Computers and the Unexpected: (1992), Computers and the Imagination (1991) and Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty (1990), all published by St. Martin's Press—as well as the author of over 200 articles concerning topics in science, art, and mathematics. He is also coauthor, with Piers Anthony, of Spider Legs, a science-fiction novel once listed as Barnes and Noble's second best-selling science-fiction title. Pickover is currently an associate editor for the scientific journal Computers and Graphics and is an editorial board member for Odyssey, Leonardo, and YLEM.
The Los Angeles Times recently proclaimed, "Pickover has published nearly a book a year in which he stretches the limits of computers, art and thought." Pickover received first prize in the Institute of Physics' "Beauty of Physics Photographic Competition." His computer graphics have been featured on the cover of many popular magazines, and his research has recently received considerable attention by the press— including CNN's "Science and Technology Week," The Discovery Channel, Science News, The Washington Post, Wired, and The Christian Science Monitor—and also in international exhibitions and museums. OMNI magazine described him as "Van Leeuwenhoek's twentieth century equivalent." Scientific American several times featured his graphic work, calling it "strange and beautiful, stunningly realistic." Pickover holds over thirty US patents, mostly concerned with novel features for computers.
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