Gregory Benford et la science

[jerome]

Gregory Benford parle de son attachement à la science dans une interview et de ses projets ?

"What attracted you to science in general, whether it’s your career as a physicist or as an author?
Gregory Benford : I got interested in science fiction at an early age, because it’s the literature of ideas. I always think, “Gee, that’s interesting. I wonder what it’s like to do it.” I do that with essentially everything. I don’t watch sports, I play sports. I can’t resist going into fields that are of interest to me, so I’ve worked in biology, physics, astrophysics, environmental science, geoengineering. Being a science-fiction fan is a great way to get deeply into the culture, to understand where ideas come from, and what kinds of people have ideas. Most scientists aren’t like that, because most scientists do fairly well-defined research that isn’t idea-intensive. I like idea-thick subjects. Most scientists have read science fiction. Isaac Asimov said to me once that by his informal questioning, the majority of all scientists read science fiction when they were young, and after graduate school, if they read anything, it’s usually science fiction, but most of them don’t read anything after graduate school!

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What projects are you currently working on?
Gregory Benford : Mostly running my biotech companies, whose focus is increased human healthspan – so we can see the futures we imagined! "