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"I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose." (J. B. S. Haldane)

ABOUT ME:

PhD in multidisciplinary technological sciences (information sciences and philosophical sciences); associate professor at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary; lecturer at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts; author of more than two dozen books (history of science, novels, SF, etc.). Research interests: long futures research, biological eschatology, applied philosophy of science, SETI.

SOME EARLIER POSITIONS:

deputy head, BUTE, Department of Innovation Management and History of Technology

secretary of Futures Researches Committee of Hungarian Academy of Sciences

secretary of History of Technology and Science Committe of Hungarian Academy of Sciences

member of Hungarian UNESCO Commitete

EDUCATION:

PhD in multidisciplinary technological sciences (information sciences and philosophical sciences), BUTE, 2002
Dr. Univ. (history of technology), BUTE, 1996
History – Literature – History of Technology and Science, ELTE BTK – BUTE – Hungarian Philosophical Institute, 1989