Jacob Newman

**Jacob Newman** is one of the minor protagonists in several books in the "2084" series. Jacob is a scientist originating from the English town of Hedgebrier on planet Earth. He specialises in quantum physics, astronomy and its branches, but recently turned his attention to biochemistry and cybernetics.

Newman is best known in the Milky Way for some of his best inventions: a real-time micromodel of the Galaxy and the beamer. In Sector 8 (mainly Earth), he is often called by the pseudonyms under which he wrote and published scientific articles in the past, including Santiago, San Jacovo and Angle Yasha. The first two pseudonyms were used for articles in English and Spanish, while the pseudonym Angle Yasha was used for the Russian-speaking audiences.

## Education

In general, Jacob Newman has a higher education: practical bachelor's degree, as well as a higher education in practical cosmobiology, acquired at the Iphra School.

After graduating from high school, Jacob studied at the Hedgebrier University of Cybernetics and Cosmobiology, where he graduated with an Honourary Graduate Diploma. By that time, he was already developing a theoretical concept for creating a device for concentrating and accelerating beams of light, and two years later he spoke at a Congress of Quantum-Eaters in Sector 5, after which a large number of people nominated his project with a candidate for the title of Scientist of the Decade. In the future, Newman became more deeply interested in cybernetics and biochemistry, which allowed him to build artificial organisms from synthetic materials and even come up with a synthetic neural mind that is vastly different from the inferior artificial intelligence. Knowledge of quantum physics helped him and his comrades to design a prototype of a beamer in the future to test in practice the work that Jacob presented at the Congress of Quantum-Eaters in 2077. Ever since Newman moved to live on his yacht-laboratory White December, he has returned to cybernetics and continues to study the relationship between machines and living organisms.

## Awards

* Award for the acquisition of Second place in the election of Astrophysicist of the Decade (2077);

* Eighth Pioneer Award in Cosmobiology - contribution to the study of non-humanoid races (2077);

* Third prize of a Breakthrough in Cyberbiology - a working system of metabolism in machines and other artificial organisms (2078);

* The micromodel of the Milky Way is included in the Achievements of the Galaxy as *"the smallest system of particles functioning as if it were a real massive stellar system"* (2080).

## Cybernetics

In cybernetics, Jacob is most interested in creating functioning synthetic organisms, and is also interested in the exact replication of the human brain. Starting with metal robots, Newman moved on to using artificial living organics to create androids that are closest to real people.

#### List of work projects in order:

##### Generation I

These models represent those very "metal robots". The unattractive appearance is compensated by advanced self-learning AI and the power of internal mechanisms. Successful models: Araam; Arelie.

##### Generation II

Models of this generation have acquired a more "human-like" appearance, which is a synthetic copy based on a certain person. Example: Ara has an appearance similar to Kira Miller, while Ariel looks like Jacob Newman himself. In addition to improving the appearance, the models have biological modules, as well as certain electrical impulses and reactions associated with "sensations" which can cause certain "emotions" in the AI processor. The inner skeleton remains metallic. The circulatory system is implemented. Successful models: Ara; Ariel.

##### Generation III

The body of the third generation models consists almost entirely of artificial organic matter, adjusted to work along with electronic components. At the same time, the endoskeleton remains metallic. The biocomponents here are more closely related to the functionality of the body, the models are able to feel "almost natural" pain and react accordingly thanks to an improved nervous system. Initially, a system for generating energy exclusively from food was planned, but the idea was discarded. In other words, the Third Generation is a much improved and more natural version of the Second Generation. Successful models: Aramis.