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Rudy Rucker

1946 - Today

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Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (; born March 22, 1946) is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which (Software and Wetware) both won Philip K. Dick Awards. He edited the science fiction webzine Flurb until its closure in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudy Rucker is the 791st most popular mathematician (down from 763rd in 2019), the 7,956th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,174th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Rudy Rucker ranks 791 out of 1,004. Before her are Daniel Lewin, Wendelin Werner, George Salmon, Dmitry Grave, Vladimir Voevodsky, and Tadeusz Banachiewicz. After her are Maryna Viazovska, Alicia Boole Stott, Oswald Teichmüller, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Demetrios Christodoulou, and Cécile DeWitt-Morette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Rudy Rucker ranks 560. Before her are Erich Beer, Dori Ghezzi, Daniel Carnevali, Stephen Hunter, Gilda Radner, and Jimmy Buffett. After her are Robert Jarvik, Hrvoje Horvat, Ramazan Abdulatipov, Hadi Dahane, Alan Dean Foster, and Michael Aris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rudy Rucker ranks 7,958 out of 20,380. Before her are Adam Maida (1930), Theodore Robinson (1852), Dolph Schayes (1928), Virginia Grey (1917), Larry Lieber (1931), and Joseph Banks Rhine (1895). After her are Elizabeth Hartman (1943), Anita Borg (1949), Tamina Snuka (1978), Grace Park (1974), Tisha Campbell-Martin (1968), and Nancy Kress (1948).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Rudy Rucker ranks 60. Before her are Gregory Chaitin (1947), Charles Fefferman (1949), David Gale (1921), Curtis T. McMullen (1958), Hassler Whitney (1907), and Daniel Lewin (1970). After her are Morris Kline (1908), Edward O. Thorp (1932), Douglas McIlroy (1932), Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), Marston Morse (1892), and Tom M. Apostol (1923).

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