His nonfiction includes such works as geometry, relativity, and the fourth dimension and the lifebox, the seashell, and the soul. Rudy rucker is an american mathematician, computer scientist, philosopher, and author of 31 books of nonfiction, science fiction, and short stories. A guided tour of the higher universes reprint by rudy rucker isbn. Rudy writes the ware series and the postsingular series, as well as some stand alone novels. A computer scientist and programmer, rucker is an articulate. Other videos are available on rudy ruckers youtube channel. Rudy rucker books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Geometry, relativity and the fourth dimension 1977. Rudy rucker books list of books by author rudy rucker thriftbooks.
Software introduces cobb anderson as a retired computer scientist who was once tried for treason for figuring out how to give robots artificial intelligence. The roots of rucker s fiction lie not in genre sf or the film noir that clearly inspired much cyberpunk, but in the profound mathematical games of lewis carroll, or of edwin a abbott, the author of flatland 1884, or of charles h hinton, author of scientific romances colls 1886 and 1902, whose speculations on the fourth dimension. Finding a perfect analogy in the situation of the geometrical characters in flatland, professor rucker continues the adventures of the twodimensional world visited by a threedimensional being to explain our threedimensional world in terms of the fourth dimension. Toward a geometry of higher reality houghton mifflin co. The fourth dimension by rudy rucker overdrive rakuten. He is professor emeritus of mathematics and computer science at san jose state. He is a retired professor of mathematics and computer science at san jose state university. Dick award for best sf paperback original, and has published a number of successful popular books on mathematical subjects, including the fourth dimension and infinity and the mind. With peter wilson and robert anton wilson semiotexte. Software engineering and computer games textbook with software.
Rudy rucker, software no one can point to the fourth dimension, yet it is all around us. Rudy rucker the churning of a human mind is unpredictable, as is the anatomy of the human heart. Rudy rucker is a mathematician, computer scientist, professor and writer who has twice won the philip k. His thirty published books include both novels and nonfiction books on the fourth dimension, infinity, and the meaning of computation. He is one of the founders of the cyberpunk movement, although his work tends to be a bit more lighthearted than most in that movement, and often features elements of mathematicsbased surrealism which border on the fantastic. Rudy rucker is a past master at turning mathematical concepts into rollicking science fiction adventure, from spacetime donuts and white light to the hacker and the ants. The roots of ruckers fiction lie not in genre sf or the film noir that clearly inspired much cyberpunk, but in the profound mathematical games of lewis carroll, or of edwin a abbott, the author of flatland 1884, or of charles h hinton, author of scientific romances colls 1886 and 1902, whose speculations on the fourth dimension.
Rudy rucker academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Abbotts classic novel, flatland, rucker gives us a. It was just like math textbooks explanations of how to solve problems. He has written a number of novels and popular science books, including the fourth dimension. Windows software for simulating 1d and 2d continuous valued cellular automata, 19941998. His other dover books are geometry, relativity and the fourth dimension. A mathematicians journey through narcissistic numbers, optimal dating algorithms, at least two kinds of infinity and more farrar, straus and giroux, new york, ny 2014. The novel is the first book in rucker s ware tetralogy, and was followed by a sequel, wetware, in 1988 plot summary. His forty published books include novels, collections, and nonfiction books on the fourth dimension, infinity, and the meaning of computation. Rudy rucker 1946 is an american science fiction writer, and former professor of mathematics and computer science. For me, the best thing about cyberpunk is that it taught me how to enjoy shopping malls, which used to terrify me. White light, spacetime donuts, mathematicians in love, and postsingular.
He is best known for his ware tetralogy, the first two of which won philip k. The fourth dimension, a 1988 experimental film by zbigniew rybczynski. He has written fiction in what he calls the transreal style, where characters and plot elements are based on reality, giving the authors own life the fantasmaallegorical treatment. In 1982 he began his most famous series the ware tetralogy with software followed by wetware in. Other standouts are his collected stories, his novel postsingular, his nonfiction book the fourth dimension, and his recent transreal cyberpunk, which collects his nine stories with bruce sterling. Rudy rucker is currently considered a single author. Rudy rucker books list of books by author rudy rucker. Regarded as a contemporary master of sciencefiction and founder of the cyberpunk literary movement, he is best known for the novels in the ware tetralogy, the first two of which software and wetware both won. Rudy rucker simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The exciting and challenging journey is enhanced by more than 200 illustrations and a. The fourth dimension, a 2012 film made up of three segments each with a different director. His topics include artificial life, chaos, the big bang, pieter brueghel, the church of the subgenius, live sex, mathematics, science fiction, and tv evangelism.
He also writes nonfiction books on infinity, fourth dimension, and the meaning of computation. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Lets pretend the glass has got all soft like gauze, so that we can get through. Novels 1980 white light, 1981 spacetime donuts, 1982 software, 1983 the sex sphere, 1984 master of space and time, 1985 the secret of life, 1988 wetware, 1990 the hollow earth, 1993 all the visions, 1994 the hacker and the ants, 1997 freeware, 1999 saucer wisdom, 2000 realware, 2002 as above, so below, 2002 spaceland, 2004 frek. At the untamed frontiers of intelligence, consciousness, matter, and reality lies rudy ruckers the mad professor, a collection of twelve mindbending science fiction stories that probe the outer limits of possibility. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. After exploring the whimsical underworld of flatland, he plunges into spaces above three with a zest and energy that is breathtaking. He is one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. Software is a 1982 cyberpunk science fiction novel written by rudy rucker. Written by james glieck, josh gordon, rudy rucker and john walker. At the untamed frontiers of intelligence, consciousness, matter, and reality lies rudy rucker s the mad professor, a collection of twelve mindbending science fiction stories that probe the outer limits of possibility. A guided tour of the higher universes, and more on.
See all books authored by rudy rucker, including infinity and the mind. Software engineering and computer games 2002, textbook. Presently, rudy rucker edits the science fiction webzine flurb. The science and philosophy of the infinite princeton science library, and the fourth dimension. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Can you survive a vacation in the fourth dimension. Rudy rucker bibliography completely kentucky wiki fandom. Rucker, an accomplished computer scientist and mathematician with numerous sci. Toward a geometry of higher reality will be eagerly read by writers and readers of science fiction, but anyone with even a minimal interest in mathematics and fantasy will find the book as informative and minddazzling as ruckers book on infinity. Mathematician and sciencefiction novelist rudy rucker takes readers on a guided tour of a higher reality that explores what the fourth dimension is and what it. Rudy rucker is a mathematician, a cyberpunk, a computer scientist, and the author of twentythree novels. Rudy rucker is an american author and a mathematician who worked for twenty years as a silicon valley computer science professor.
Rudy rucker he is considered one of the founders of the cyberpunk movement and has been celebrated for both his science fiction and his books on mathematics and the universe. Rudy rucker is a writer and a mathematician who worked for twenty years as a silicon valley computer science professor, and published a number of software packages. Rucker has also worked on several software packages. Now i just imagine the whole thing is two miles below the moons surface, and that half the peoples rightbrains have been eaten by roboticized steel rats. Thinking critically about the role and design of technology, data and the social sciences in our lives and learning. This book is in near fine condition and has a near fine dust jacket. The exciting and challenging journey is enhanced by more than 200 illustrations and a host of puzzles and problems with answers. Geometry, relativity and the fourth dimension 1977 infinity and the mind 1982 the fourth dimension 1984 mind tools 1987 all the visions 1991, memoir. A guided tour of the higher universes 0046442393881.
Abbotts classic novel, flatland, rucker gives us a tour of higher mathematics and visionary realities. This is the definitive popular exploration of what the fourth dimension means, both physically and spiritually. Rudy rucker is an american mathematician and science fiction writer, author of the ware tetralogy. The lifebox, the seashell, and the soul 2005 list on ruckers sjsu web page. Toward a geometry of higher reality 1984 is a popular mathematics book by rudy rucker, a silicon valley professor of mathematics and computer science. Following this adventure into the fourth dimension, the author discusses non. Rucker is regarded as contemporary master of sciencefiction, and received the philip k. Toward a geometry of higher reality 1984 is a popular mathematics book by rudy rucker, a silicon valley professor of mathematics. Other standouts are his collected stories, his novel postsingular, his nonfiction book the fourth dimension, and his recent transreal cyberpunk, which. The science and philosophy of the infinite 1982 the fourth dimension. Mathematician and sciencefiction novelist rudy rucker takes readers on a guided tour of a higher reality that explores what the fourth dimension is and what it has meant to generations of thinkers. It provides a popular presentation of set theory and four dimensional geometry as well as some mystical implications.
Pdf geometry relativity and the fourth dimension download. The author of both fiction and nonfiction, he is best known for the novels in the ware tetralogy, the first two of which software and wetware both won philip k. The novel software 1982 was perhaps the first sf work where a humans personality the software is transferred into a robot. Among rudy ruckers many novels are the ware tetralogy software, wetware, freeware, and realware. Toward a geometry of higher reality dover books on science reprint by rudy rucker isbn. A detailed description of what the fourth dimension would be like. Geometry, relativity and the fourth dimension 1977 only as by rudolf v. After i read the power by james mills which i ordered from amazon, i wanted to try to understand higher concepts that were a backdrop of the story.