Ransom Stephens is an
American scientist and author.
Professional life
As a particle physicist, Ransom Stephens worked on experiments at
SLAC,
Fermilab (
DØ),
CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (; ; ), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in a northwestern suburb of Gene ...
(
ATLAS), and
Cornell (
CLEO), discovered a new type of matter, and worked on the team that discovered the
Top quark. During the tech boom that ended in 2001, he directed patent development for a wireless web startup, and later became an expert on timing noise. His specialty at this time was the analysis of
electrodynamics in high-rate digital systems.
His novel, ''The God Patent'', makes use of Stephens's experience as a physicist, patent director, public speaker and single father.
The novel includes a character loosely based on the physicist
Emmy Noether.
Works
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References
External links
Ransom Stephens's websiteOpenDemocracy article on the future of publishing
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21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
American technology writers
Living people
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
American male non-fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
People associated with CERN