Kildall briefly returned to UW and finished his doctorate in computer science in 1972, then resumed teaching at NPS.

* 1906 – Fredric Brown, American science fiction and mystery writer ( d. 1972 )

Although some of the basic workings of the theory were proposed and identified by Mayr in 1954, historians of science generally recognize the 1972 paper by Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould as the foundational document of the new paleobiological research program.

Science fiction studies has a long history dating back to the turn of the 20th century, but it was not until later that science fiction studies solidified as a discipline with the publication of the academic journals Extrapolation ( 1959 ), Foundation-The International Review of Science Fiction ( 1972 ), and Science Fiction Studies ( 1973 ), and the establishment of the oldest organizations devoted to the study of science fiction, the Science Fiction Research Association and the Science Fiction Foundation, in 1970.

Gould's most significant contribution to science was the theory of punctuated equilibrium, which he developed with Niles Eldredge in 1972.

Its first use as a film set was for the 1972 science fiction film The Groundstar Conspiracy, in which the entire campus complex was used.

At Stanford University, he received his Master's degree in computer science in 1971 and a Ph. D. in computer science ( with a minor in mathematics ) in 1972.

In the interviews collected in Positions ( 1972 ), Derrida said: " In this essay the problematic of writing was already in place as such, bound to the irreducible structure of ' deferral ' in its relationships to consciousness, presence, science, history and the history of science, the disappearance or delay of the origin, etc.

Modal interpretations of quantum mechanics were first conceived of in 1972 by B. van Fraassen, in his paper “ A formal approach to the philosophy of science .” However, this term now is used to describe a larger set of models that grew out of this approach.

Lundwall was also the editor of the science fiction magazine Jules Verne-Magasinet between 1972 and 2009 and has been active in fandom, for instance he organised conventions in Stockholm in 1961, 1963, 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1979.

Many earlier predictions of resource depletion, such as Thomas Malthus ' 1798 predictions about approaching famines in Europe, The Population Bomb ( 1968 ), Limits to Growth ( 1972 ), and the Simon – Ehrlich wager ( 1980 ) did not materialize, nor has diminished production of most resources occurred so far, one reason being that advancements in technology and science have allowed some previously unavailable resources to be produced.

RIT was the first university to launch a Bachelor's program in Information technology in 1991, the first university to launch a Bachelor's program in Software Engineering in 1996, and was also among the first universities to launch a Computer science Bachelor's program in 1972.

In his book Cross the Border — Close the Gap ( 1972 ), he advocates a thorough re-assessment of science fiction, the western, pornographic literature and all the other subgenres that previously had not been considered as " high art ", and their inclusion in the literary canon:

He was awarded an honorary doctorate of science from Texas Wesleyan College in 1972, and was presented an honorary doctorate of engineering science degree from the University of Akron ( Ohio ) in 1974.

* Angèle Kremer-Marietti, Auguste Comte, la science sociale, Gallimard, 1972 ;

In order to gain his Equity card to work in Liverpool, he made his first screen appearance in a minor role on a 1972 episode of the British science fiction programme Doomwatch, called Fire & Brimstone.

Koza has a PhD in computer science from the University of Michigan ( 1972 ).

Founded in 1968 as a research institution in bibliometrics and patent analytics ipIQ dba The Patent Board has provided patent indicators and science literature analysis since the initial report in 1972.

From 1948 to 1972, he was an agriculture librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he had gained a master's degree in library science, became a professor, and raised a son, Mitchell, and daughter, Linda with his wife Sally.

The Patterns of Chaos is a 1972 science fiction novel by Colin Kapp.

* Science fiction author Philip K. Dick lived in Santa Venetia from 1967 – 1972.

In 1972 Catmull made his earliest contribution to the film industry, an animated version of his left hand which was eventually picked up by a Hollywood producer and incorporated in the 1976 movie Futureworld, the science fiction sequel to the film Westworld and the first film to use 3D computer graphics.

The 1972 revision, in addition to the first edition, treats genres ( poetry, history, science, fiction, et cetera ), inspectional and syntopical reading.

The Manticore won the Governor-General's Literary Award in the English language fiction category in 1972.

Laurence Manning ( July 20, 1899 – April 10, 1972 ) was a Canadian science fiction author.

Galaktika was arguably the greatest and most popular science fiction magazine of Hungary, published between 1972 and 1995.

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After graduating from the École nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon and the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris, he started writing comics in 1969, at the age of 23, in the comics magazine Pilote, initially illustrating short stories written by Jean Giraud and Serge de Beketch, before creating the political fiction story Rumeur sur le Rouergue from a scenario by Pierre Christin in 1972.

* Simon Kurt Unsworth ( born 1972 ), British writer of supernatural fiction

The Gods Themselves is a 1972 science fiction novel written by Isaac Asimov.

Douglas Trumbull, director of the 1972 science fiction classic film Silent Running, stated that the geodesic domes on the spaceship Valley Forge were based on the Missouri Botanical Garden's Climatron dome.

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His science fiction novels, of which the best known are The Man Who Folded Himself ( 1973 ), about a man who inherits a time-travel belt, and When HARLIE Was One ( 1972 ), the story of an artificial intelligence's relationship with his creators.

When HARLIE Was One is a 1972 science fiction novel by David Gerrold.

In 1972 science fiction novel The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov, baby universes, in their cosmic egg stage, are used as alternative fuel.

In the 1972 novel Cyborg, upon which the series was based, Austin remembers watching the Earth " fall away during Apollo XVII.

* Binary ( novel ), a 1972 novel by Michael Crichton ( writing as John Lange )

A darker image of the hillbilly is found in the film Deliverance ( 1972 ), based on a novel by James Dickey, which depicted the hillbilly as genetically deficient and murderous.

The character was conceived in late 1972 when Marvel Comics acquired the comic book rights to Sax Rohmer's pulp novel villain Dr. Fu Manchu while they also held the rights to the Kung Fu television program.

There have been two film versions, a 1972 film directed by Michael Anderson and a 2009 film adapted from Cross ' novel.

Polywater is the central idea of the 1972 espionage / thriller novel A Report from Group 17 by Robert C. O ' Brien.

Another adaptation, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, was produced by Joseph Shaftel Productions ( distributed by Fox-Rank productions ) in 1972, and is felt by many to be the most faithful adaptation to the original novel, with the exception of the omitted scene with the Cheshire Cat ( Roy Kinnear ) replaced by Tweedledum and Tweedledee ( in a scene which remains faithful to their respective scene from Alice Through the Looking Glass ).

In May 2006, Petersen's $ 160 million epic film Poseidon, a re-telling of the 1969 Paul Gallico novel ( and popular 1972 disaster film ) The Poseidon Adventure, was released by Warner Bros., but performed poorly in the US, barely cracking $ 60 million in box office receipts by early August, although international profits surpassed $ 121 million.

Smith also appeared in a number of films, often as himself ; The Candidate ( 1972 ),, The President's Plane Is Missing ( 1973, a made-for-television production of the Robert J. Serling novel of the same name ), Nashville ( 1975 ), Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977 ), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ( 1982 ), the " The Odd Candidate " ( 1974 ) episode of the television series The Odd Couple ( playing himself ), the " Kill Oscar " episode ( 1977 ) of The Bionic Woman ( playing himself anchoring an ABC newscast ), and both V ( 1983 ) and the subsequent 1984 television series.

The Outlaw Josey Wales ( 1976 ), a western inspired by Asa Carter's 1972 novel of the same name, has lead character Josey Wales ( Eastwood ) as a pro-Confederate guerilla who refuses to surrender his arms after the American Civil War and is chased across the old southwest by a group of enforcers.

In 1972, a film adaptation of the novel was released, starring Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

* Angle of Repose, a 1972 novel by Wallace Stegner

* British — Gaiman, Neil ( has lived in U. S. A. since 1992 ): " Harlequin Valentine " ( 1999 ), Harlequin Valentine ( 2001 ; graphic novel, illustrated by John Bolton ); Greenland, Colin: " A Passion for Lord Pierrot " ( 1990 ); Moorcock, Michael: The English Assassin and The Condition of Muzak ( 1972, 1977 ; hero Jerry Cornelius morphs with increasing frequency into role of Pierrot ), " Feu Pierrot " ( 1978 ); Stevenson, Helen: Pierrot Lunaire ( 1995 ).

* Anthony Burgess claimed in a 1972 interview to have written a plan for a novel about the Black Prince which would incorporate John Dos Passos ' narrative techniques: however, the actual novel remains unwritten and / or unplublished.

Puzo's novel The Godfather resulted in wins in 1972 and 1974.

* To Serve Them All My Days, a 1972 novel of R. F. Delderfield, shows many similar plot elements to Goodbye, Mr. Chips.

* The 1972 novel by Irving Wallace, The Word concerns archaeological forgery, the finding and translation of a supposed lost gospel by James the Just, close relative of Jesus Christ, as part of a large project to be published as a new Bible that would inspire a Christian revival, but which is possibly a forged document.

Bagoas, the eunuch favorite of Alexander the Great, is the main character and narrator of The Persian Boy, a 1972 historical novel by Mary Renault.

The Go-Between is a novel by L. P. Hartley ( 1895 – 1972 ), published in London in 1953.

The Outlaw Josey Wales was inspired by a 1972 novel by Forrest Carter, originally titled The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales and later retitled Gone to Texas.

* He is the leading character in John Hersey's 1972 novel portraying Rome as a police state, The Conspiracy.

It was Le Guin's second novel set in the fictional archipelago Earthsea and the middle book in the so-called Earthsea Trilogy ( 1968 to 1972 ).