Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement.
11 Facts About Rudy Rucker
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Rudy Rucker was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, son of Embry Cobb Rudy Rucker Sr, who ran a small furniture-manufacture company and later became an Episcopal priest and community activist, and Marianne.
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Rudy Rucker attended St Xavier High School before earning a BA in mathematics from Swarthmore College and MS and PhD degrees in mathematics from Rutgers University.
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Rudy Rucker taught mathematics at the State University of New York at Geneseo from 1972 to 1978.
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Thanks to a grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Rudy Rucker taught at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg from 1978 to 1980.
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Rudy Rucker then taught at Randolph-Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia from 1980 to 1982, before trying his hand as a full-time author for four years.
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Rudy Rucker often uses his novels to explore scientific or mathematical ideas; White Light examines the concept of infinity, while the Ware Tetralogy is in part an explanation of the use of natural selection to develop software.
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Rudy Rucker's novels put forward a mystical philosophy that Rucker has summarized in an essay titled, with only a bit of irony, "The Central Teachings of Mysticism".
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Rudy Rucker was the roommate of Kenneth Turan during his freshman year at Swarthmore College.
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Rudy Rucker resided in Highland Park, New Jersey during his graduate studies at Rutgers University.
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Rudy Rucker is a direct descendant of the philosopher Georg Hegel.