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Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) 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. He is also a contributing editor of Reason magazine.[1] As a science fiction author, Benford is perhaps best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977).[2] This series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life.

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  • Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) 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. He is also a contributing editor of Reason magazine.[1] As a science fiction author, Benford is perhaps best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977).[2] This series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life.
  • Born as Gregory Albert Benford in Mobile, Alabama, USA, he received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Oklahoma and attended the University of California in San Diego where he graduated with a Ph.D. in 1967. He then worked as research physicist for four years at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and joined the University of California in Irvine as teacher and professor of physics.
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  • Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) 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. He is also a contributing editor of Reason magazine.[1] As a science fiction author, Benford is perhaps best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977).[2] This series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life.
  • Born as Gregory Albert Benford in Mobile, Alabama, USA, he received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Oklahoma and attended the University of California in San Diego where he graduated with a Ph.D. in 1967. He then worked as research physicist for four years at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and joined the University of California in Irvine as teacher and professor of physics. With this scientific background and as a fan of science fiction, Benford wrote several novels for which he received awards and prizes. Among them are "Stand In" (1965), "Deeper Than the Darkness" (1970), "Timescape" (1980), "Artifact" (1985), "Chiller" (1993), "Cosm" (1998), and "Eater" (2000). Beside his writings and teachings, Benford officially worked as adviser for the Department of Energy, NASA, and the White House Council. In 1997 he was interviewed in the television mini series documentary Stephen Hawking's Universe.
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