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'Marshall David Brain' (b. 1961) is the founder of HowStuffWorks. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he was a member of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity. Brain went on to receive a master's degree in Computer science from North Carolina State University (NCSU). Before founding HowStuffWorks, Marshall taught in the computer science department at NCSU and ran a software training and consulting company.
He also maintains a website with, among others, essays on transhumanism and robots and an online science-fiction novel on that topic, ''Manna''.
Brain is also an atheist. His websites
Why won't God Heal Amputees? and God is Imaginary were created to criticize religion.
He currently resides in a farm in Cary with his wife and four children. He serves on the North Carolina Advisory Board of DonorsChoose.
★ Vertebrane
★ HowStuffWorks
★ Official Web Site
★ HowStuffWorks
★
★ "What if I Shot my TV?" Video of Brain in action. See also TV-B-Gone.
★ HowStuffWorks "HowStuffWorks Authors"
★ Interview with Changesurfer Radio
Brain argues in his new Robot Nation series at MarshallBrain.com that automation will lead to structural unemployment, requiring a guaranteed basic income.
★ How Robots Will Steal Your Job from Wired magazine
★ Google Video: HowStuffWorks Watch a large collection of HowStuffWorks on Google Video
★ Welcome to the machine? from Salon magazine
★ CNN.com - Transcripts CNN Interview With Marshall Brain Aired August 15, 2003
★ Making Money With Web Sites, by Marshall Brain
★ Sultan of Stuff RPI Alumini Magazine June 2002
He also maintains a website with, among others, essays on transhumanism and robots and an online science-fiction novel on that topic, ''Manna''.
Brain is also an atheist. His websites
Why won't God Heal Amputees? and God is Imaginary were created to criticize religion.
He currently resides in a farm in Cary with his wife and four children. He serves on the North Carolina Advisory Board of DonorsChoose.
| Contents |
| Books by Marshall Brain |
| See also |
| External links |
Books by Marshall Brain
| Title | Publisher | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| ''Marshall Brain's MORE How STUFF Works'' | John Wiley & Sons | ISBN 0-7645-6711-X |
| ''What If?'' | John Wiley & Sons | ISBN 0-7645-6657-1 |
| ''Marshall Brain's How Stuff Works'' | John Wiley & Sons | ISBN 0-7645-6518-4 |
| ''How Much Does the Earth Weigh?'' | John Wiley & Sons | ISBN 0-7645-6519-2 |
| ''The Teenager's Guide to the Real World'' | BYG Publishing, Inc. | ISBN 0-9657430-3-9 |
| ''Win32 System Services'' | Prentice Hall | ISBN 0-13-022557-6 |
| ''Visual C++ 2'' | Prentice Hall | ISBN 0-13-305145-5 |
| ''Using Windows NT'' | Prentice Hall | ISBN 0-13-091977-2 |
| ''Motif Programming: The Essentials... and More'' | Digital Press | ISBN 1-55558-089-0 |
See also
★ Vertebrane
★ HowStuffWorks
External links
★ Official Web Site
★ HowStuffWorks
★
★ "What if I Shot my TV?" Video of Brain in action. See also TV-B-Gone.
★ HowStuffWorks "HowStuffWorks Authors"
★ Interview with Changesurfer Radio
Brain argues in his new Robot Nation series at MarshallBrain.com that automation will lead to structural unemployment, requiring a guaranteed basic income.
★ How Robots Will Steal Your Job from Wired magazine
★ Google Video: HowStuffWorks Watch a large collection of HowStuffWorks on Google Video
★ Welcome to the machine? from Salon magazine
★ CNN.com - Transcripts CNN Interview With Marshall Brain Aired August 15, 2003
★ Making Money With Web Sites, by Marshall Brain
★ Sultan of Stuff RPI Alumini Magazine June 2002
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