Mathematician:Clifford Alan Pickover

American mathematician whose main research area is fractals.

Also a prolific popular writer on several topics.

Nationality
American

History

 * Born: August 15, 1957

Theorems and Definitions

 * Pickover Stalk
 * Pickover Biomorph
 * Vampire Number
 * Leviathan Number
 * Factorion
 * Batrachion
 * Juggler Sequence

Books and Papers

 * 1990: Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty
 * 1991:
 * 1992: Mazes for the Mind
 * 1994: Chaos in Wonderland
 * 1995: Keys to Infinity
 * 1996: Black Holes: A Traveler's Guide
 * 1997:
 * 1997: The Loom of God
 * 1998: Spider Legs (with Piers Anthony)
 * 1998: The Science of Aliens
 * 1998: Time: A Traveler's Guide
 * 1999: Strange Brains and Genius
 * 1999: Surfing Through Hyperspace
 * 2000: Cryptorunes: Codes and Secret Writing
 * 2000: The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
 * 2000: Wonders of Numbers
 * 2001: Dreaming the Future
 * 2001: The Stars of Heaven
 * 2002: The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars
 * 2002: The Mathematics of Oz
 * 2002: The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience
 * 2002: Liquid Earth
 * 2002: The Lobotomy Club
 * 2002: Sushi Never Sleeps
 * 2002: Egg Drop Soup
 * 2003: Calculus and Pizza
 * 2005: Sex, Drugs, Einstein, and Elves
 * 2005:
 * 2006: The Mobius Strip
 * 2007: A Beginner's Guide to Immortality
 * 2007: The Heaven Virus
 * 2008: Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them
 * 2009: Jews in Hyperspace
 * 2009: The Loom of God
 * 2009: The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics
 * 2009: The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics

As editor

 * 1992: Spiral Symmetry
 * 1993: Visions of the Future
 * 1994: Frontiers of Scientific Visualization
 * 1995: Future Health: Computers & Medicine in the 21st Century
 * 1995: The Pattern Book: Fractals, Art, and Nature
 * 1995: Visualizing Biological Information
 * 1996: Fractal Horizons
 * 1998: Chaos and Fractals


 * Every year: Mind-Bending Puzzles (calendars & cards)