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Aaron Parsons is a professor of astrophysics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he designs and uses radio telescopes to search for the first stars in the universe.

His degrees include an AS from Colorado Northwestern Community College (earned while in high school), a BA from Harvard in Physics and Mathematics, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in Astrophysics. He has been nationally recognized with awards that include the NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Charles Towns Fellowship, the NSF CAREER Award, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers—the “highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their inde ...more

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Aaron Parsons and 1 other person liked S. Amour's review of Coherence: A Near-Future AI Technothriller: "Coherence is operating at a much higher level than most contemporary techno-thrillers. This work combines techno-social and climate urgency with wit, emotional intelligence, romance, and a female STEM protagonist navigating the same entrenched gender " Read more of this review »
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The best Stephenson weaves together an eclectic set of characters and ideas. This one was certainly eclectic. The weave never quite set, though. There was some good fun, but it seemed to me that several threads didn't lead anywhere. A bit like North ...more
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