73 Facts About Theodore Kaczynski

Between 1978 and 1995, Theodore Kaczynski killed three people and injured 23 others in a nationwide bombing campaign against people he believed to be advancing modern technology and the destruction of the environment.

Mathematics prodigy, Theodore Kaczynski was born in Chicago and attended Harvard University and the University of Michigan.

In 1979, Theodore Kaczynski became the subject of what was, by the time of his arrest, the longest and most expensive investigation in the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation .

In 1995, Theodore Kaczynski sent a letter to The New York Times promising to "desist from terrorism" if the Times or The Washington Post published his manifesto, in which he argued that his bombings were extreme but necessary in attracting attention to the erosion of human freedom and dignity by modern technologies that require mass organization.

Theodore Kaczynski was arrested in 1996, and—maintaining that he was sane—tried and failed to dismiss his court-appointed lawyers because they wanted him to plead insanity to avoid the death penalty.

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Theodore Kaczynski pleaded guilty to all charges in 1998 and was sentenced to eight consecutive life terms in prison without the possibility of parole.

Theodore Kaczynski's parents told his younger brother, David, that Ted had been a happy baby until severe hives forced him into hospital isolation with limited contact with others, after which he "showed little emotions for months".

Theodore Kaczynski's said he showed sympathy for animals who were in cages or otherwise helpless, which she speculated stemmed from his experience in hospital isolation.

From first to fourth grade, Theodore Kaczynski attended Sherman Elementary School in Chicago, where administrators described him as healthy and well-adjusted.

Theodore Kaczynski later described this as a pivotal event: previously he had socialized with his peers and was even a leader, but after skipping ahead of them he felt he did not fit in with the older children, who bullied him.

Theodore Kaczynski's mother recalled Ted as a shy child who would become unresponsive if pressured into a social situation.

Theodore Kaczynski's decided against it after seeing Bettelheim's abrupt and cold manner.

Theodore Kaczynski attended Evergreen Park Community High School, where he excelled academically.

Theodore Kaczynski was always regarded as a walking brain, so to speak.

Theodore Kaczynski became associated with a group of like-minded boys interested in science and mathematics, known as the "briefcase boys" for their penchant for carrying briefcases.

Theodore Kaczynski skipped the eleventh grade, and by attending summer school he graduated at age 15.

Theodore Kaczynski was one of his school's five National Merit finalists and was encouraged to apply to Harvard.

Theodore Kaczynski earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Harvard in 1962, finishing with a GPA of 3.

Theodore Kaczynski stated he resented Murray and his co-workers, primarily because of the invasion of his privacy he perceived as a result of their experiments.

In 1962, Theodore Kaczynski enrolled at the University of Michigan, where he earned his master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics in 1964 and 1967, respectively.

At Michigan, Theodore Kaczynski specialized in complex analysis, specifically geometric function theory.

Theodore Kaczynski arranged to meet with a psychiatrist, but changed his mind in the waiting room and did not disclose his reason for making the appointment.

In late 1967, the 25-year-old Theodore Kaczynski became an acting assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught mathematics.

Theodore Kaczynski's teaching evaluations suggest he was not well-liked by his students: he seemed uncomfortable teaching, taught straight from the textbook and refused to answer questions.

Theodore Kaczynski used an old bicycle to get to town, and a volunteer at the local library said he visited frequently to read classic works in their original languages.

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Theodore Kaczynski's cabin was described by a census taker in the 1990 census as containing a bed, two chairs, storage trunks, a gas stove, and lots of books.

Theodore Kaczynski dedicated himself to reading about sociology and political philosophy, including the works of Jacques Ellul.

Theodore Kaczynski was visited multiple times in Montana by his father, who was impressed by Ted's wilderness skills.

Theodore Kaczynski's father was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 1990 and held a family meeting without Theodore Kaczynski later that year to map out their future.

Between 1978 and 1995, Theodore Kaczynski mailed or hand-delivered a series of increasingly sophisticated bombs that cumulatively killed three people and injured 23 others.

Theodore Kaczynski purposely left misleading clues in the devices and took extreme care in preparing them to avoid leaving fingerprints; fingerprints found on some of the devices did not match those found on letters attributed to Kaczynski.

Theodore Kaczynski had returned to Chicago for the May 1978 bombing and stayed there for a time to work with his father and brother at a foam rubber factory.

Theodore Kaczynski sent his next bomb to the president of United Airlines, Percy Wood.

Theodore Kaczynski left false clues in most bombs, which he intentionally made hard to find to make them appear more legitimate.

Theodore Kaczynski sent one bomb embedded in a copy of Sloan Wilson's novel Ice Brothers.

Theodore Kaczynski often included bits of a tree branch and bark in his bombs; his selected targets included Percy Wood and Professor Leroy Wood.

Theodore Kaczynski was spotted while planting the Salt Lake City bomb.

In 1993, after a six-year break, Theodore Kaczynski mailed a bomb to the home of Charles Epstein from the University of California, San Francisco.

Theodore Kaczynski stated he would "desist from terrorism" if this demand was met.

Theodore Kaczynski used a typewriter to write his manuscript, capitalizing entire words for emphasis, in lieu of italics.

Theodore Kaczynski always referred to himself as either "we" or "FC", though there is no evidence that he worked with others.

Theodore Kaczynski argues that most people spend their time engaged in useless pursuits because of technological advances; he calls these "surrogate activities", wherein people strive toward artificial goals, including scientific work, consumption of entertainment, political activism and following sports teams.

Theodore Kaczynski predicts that further technological advances will lead to extensive human genetic engineering, and that human beings will be adjusted to meet the needs of social systems, rather than vice versa.

Theodore Kaczynski argues that the erosion of human freedom is a natural product of an industrial society because "the system has to regulate human behavior closely in order to function", and that reform of the system is impossible as drastic changes to it would not be implemented because of their disruption of the system.

Theodore Kaczynski predicts that the system will break down if it cannot achieve significant control, and that it is likely this issue will be decided within the next 40 to 100 years.

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Theodore Kaczynski goes on to say that a revolution will be possible only when industrial society is sufficiently unstable.

Theodore Kaczynski defines leftists as "mainly socialists, collectivists, 'politically correct' types, feminists, gay and disability activists, animal rights activists and the like".

Theodore Kaczynski believes that over-socialization and feelings of inferiority are primary drivers of leftism, and derides it as "one of the most widespread manifestations of the craziness of our world".

Theodore Kaczynski adds that the type of movement he envisions must be anti-leftist and refrain from collaboration with leftists, as, in his view, "leftism is in the long run inconsistent with wild nature, with human freedom and with the elimination of modern technology".

Theodore Kaczynski updated his 1995 manifesto as Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How to address advances in computers and the internet.

Theodore Kaczynski advocates practicing other types of protest and makes no mention of violence.

Theodore Kaczynski searched through old family papers and found letters dating to the 1970s that Ted had sent to newspapers to protest the abuses of technology using phrasing similar to that in the manifesto.

Theodore Kaczynski's family wanted to protect him from the danger of an FBI raid, such as those at Ruby Ridge or Waco, since they feared a violent outcome from any attempt by the FBI to contact Theodore Kaczynski.

Theodore Kaczynski's forwarded the essay to the San Francisco-based task force.

David Theodore Kaczynski had tried to remain anonymous, but he was identified.

Theodore Kaczynski had received assurances from the FBI that he would remain anonymous and that his brother would not learn who had turned him in, but his identity was leaked to CBS News in early April 1996.

Theodore Kaczynski consistently uses "we" and "our" throughout Industrial Society and Its Future.

Theodore Kaczynski's lawyers, headed by Montana federal public defenders Michael Donahoe and Judy Clarke, attempted to enter an insanity defense to avoid the death penalty, but Theodore Kaczynski rejected this strategy.

Sally Johnson, the psychiatrist who examined Theodore Kaczynski, concluded that he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.

Forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz said Theodore Kaczynski was not psychotic but had a schizoid or schizotypal personality disorder.

Theodore Kaczynski later tried to withdraw this plea, arguing it was involuntary as he had been coerced to plead guilty by the judge.

In 2006, Burrell ordered that items from Theodore Kaczynski's cabin be sold at a "reasonably advertised Internet auction".

Theodore Kaczynski is serving eight life sentences without the possibility of parole at ADX Florence, a supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.

Early in his imprisonment, Theodore Kaczynski befriended Ramzi Yousef and Timothy McVeigh, the perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, respectively.

In October 2005, Kaczynski offered to donate two rare books to the Melville J Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Illinois, the location of his first two attacks.

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Theodore Kaczynski's writings are among the most popular selections in the University of Michigan's special collections.

In 2012, Theodore Kaczynski responded to the Harvard Alumni Association's directory inquiry for the fiftieth reunion of the class of 1962; he listed his occupation as "prisoner" and his eight life sentences as "awards".

In 2011, it was reported that Theodore Kaczynski was a person of interest in the Tylenol murders.

Theodore Kaczynski was willing to provide a DNA sample to the FBI, but later withheld it as a bargaining chip for his legal efforts against the FBI's private auction of his confiscated property.

Theodore Kaczynski has been portrayed in and inspired multiple artistic works in the realm of popular culture.

In turn, Theodore Kaczynski was referenced by Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, in the 2000 Wired article "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us".

Joy stated Theodore Kaczynski "is clearly a Luddite, but simply saying this does not dismiss his argument".

People inspired by Theodore Kaczynski's ideas show up in unexpected places, from nihilist, anarchist and eco-extremist movements to conservative intellectuals.