The desire to find something could provoke what she called … - Gregory Benford

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The desire to find something could provoke what she called “wantum mechanics,” fishing a result out of nothing but noise.

Gregory Benford

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Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941, in Mobile, Alabama) is 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.

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Pen Names: Sterling Blake

Alternative Names: Gregory Albert Benford • Greg Benford

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