- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press (30 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1560259744
- ISBN-13: 978-1560259749
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,360,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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At the untamed frontiers of intelligence, consciousness, matter, and reality lies Rudy Rucker's The Mad Professor, a collection of twelve mind-bending science fiction stories that probe the outer limits of possibility. Rucker, an accomplished computer scientist and mathematician with numerous science books and novels to his credit, brings his deep and varied knowledge of the mind, mathematics, and the ever-weird and wondrous workings of the physical universe to the stories collected here. In Chu and the Nants we read of a bizarre future following a Verge Singularity, in which hyperintelligent computers have taken over the solar system. Panpsychism Proved breaks down the boundaries between mind and matter, exploring the notion that "every object has a mind. " And Six Thought Experiments Concerning the Nature of Computation is an exhilarating collection of mini-stories taking us to the outrageous extremes of theoretical speculation. In The Mad Professor, Rucker deploys the full range of his writing talent and scientific knowledge to take us on a wild romp through the known, the unknown, and the awesomely peculiar.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Mad Professor: The Uncollected Short Stories of Rudy Rucker
29 May 2007
Format:Paperback
Another enjoyable and oftimes thought provoking book by Rudy Rucker - being a collection of short stories this is an easy read. For fans of the "Ware" novel series, "Cobb Wakes Up" is set in that worldview.
Wonderfully Rucker
20 Jan 2010
Format:Paperback
Engaging, mind-bending, whimsical & funny! I discovered Rudy Rucker through his non-fiction, and was delighted to discover that his science fiction is excellent as well. Thoroughly entertaining.
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Don't waste your money
25 July 2008
Format:Paperback
Just not very good. Not really science fiction. Undisciplined and an acquired taste. Not very logically constructed. If you like David Brin or Larry Niven or Alastair Reynolds, you won't like Rudy Rucker as an author.
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