Author: Heinz R. Pagels
Alternate names: Heinz Rudolf Pagels; Pagels, Heinz, R.; Pagels, Heinz R., 1939-
Born: 19 Februrary 1939
Died: 23 July 1988
Bio: Heinz R. Pagels, died on July 23, 1988, in a mountain climbing accident on Pyramid Peak in Aspen, Colorado. A physicist, he was Executive Director of The New York Academy of Sciences, adjunct professor of physics at Rockefeller University, and president of the International League for Human Rights. He was the author of three books:The Cosmic Code, Perfect Symmetry, and Dreams of Reason. He was also a founding member, and, at the time of his death, president of "The Reality Club," which, in 1997, moved to the Web as Edge.
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  [1]: http://edge.org/conversation/the-quick-buck-becomes-quicker