Neil Gershenfeld, the Glossary
Neil Adam Gershenfeld (born December 1, 1959) is an American professor at MIT and the director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, a sister lab to the MIT Media Lab.[1]
Table of Contents
30 relations: American Physical Society, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Arts, Center for Bits and Atoms, CNN, Computer science, Cornell University, Digital modeling and fabrication, Discover (magazine), Doctor of Science, Fab lab, Interdisciplinarity, Kalmbach Media, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Media Lab, Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago), Nanotechnology, NPR, Physics, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School, Prospect (magazine), Quantum computing, Science (journal), Scientific American, Slashdot, Swarthmore College, The Economist, The New York Times, Watt W. Webb.
- Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School alumni
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units.
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Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Ardmore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) spanning the border between Delaware and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
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Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.
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Center for Bits and Atoms
The Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) was established in 2001 in the MIT Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
Computer science
Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation.
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Cornell University
Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.
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Digital modeling and fabrication
Digital modeling and fabrication is a design and production process that combines 3D modeling or computing-aided design (CAD) with additive and subtractive manufacturing.
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Discover (magazine)
Discover is an American general audience science magazine launched in October 1980 by Time Inc.
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Doctor of Science
A Doctor of Science (Scientiae Doctor; most commonly abbreviated DSc or ScD) is a science doctorate awarded in a number of countries throughout the world.
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Fab lab
A fab lab (fabrication laboratory) is a small-scale workshop offering (personal) digital fabrication.
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Interdisciplinarity
Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project).
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Kalmbach Media (formerly Kalmbach Publishing Co.) is an American publisher of books and magazines, many of them railroad-related, located in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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The MIT Media Lab is a research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, growing out of MIT's Architecture Machine Group in the School of Architecture.
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Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), formerly known as the Museum of Science and Industry, is a science museum located in Chicago, Illinois, in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood between Lake Michigan and The University of Chicago.
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Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm).
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NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
Physics
Physics is the natural science of matter, involving the study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force.
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Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Plymouth Meeting is a census-designated place (CDP) that straddles Plymouth and Whitemarsh Townships in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School
Plymouth Whitemarsh High School is a public high school in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, US.
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Prospect (magazine)
Prospect is a monthly British general-interest magazine, specialising in politics, economics and current affairs.
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Quantum computing
A quantum computer is a computer that exploits quantum mechanical phenomena.
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Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.
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Scientific American
Scientific American, informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA, is an American popular science magazine.
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Slashdot
Slashdot (sometimes abbreviated as /.) is a social news website that originally billed itself as "News for Nerds.
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Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
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The Economist
The Economist is a British weekly newspaper published in printed magazine format and digitally.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Watt W. Webb
Watt Wetmore Webb (August 27, 1927 – October 29, 2020) was an American biophysicist, known for his co-invention (with Winfried Denk and Jim Strickler) of multiphoton microscopy in 1990.
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See also
Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School alumni
- Beth Anders
- Craig Borten
- Curtis King (baseball)
- Da'Rel Scott
- Dan Borislow
- Jacqui Frazier-Lyde
- James J. Martin (priest)
- Joe Daley (golfer)
- John Pergine
- John Salmons
- Marvis Frazier
- Neil Gershenfeld
- Owen Biddle (musician)
- Steve Schlachter
- Tom Mitchell (American football)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gershenfeld
Also known as Gershenfeld, Great Invention Kit.