Stephen Wolfram
The Lifeboat Foundation celebrates the addition of our 1,600th board
member: Stephen Wolfram.
Stephen is a distinguished scientist, inventor, author, and business
leader. He is the creator of Mathematica, the author of A New Kind of
Science, the creator of Wolfram|Alpha, and the founder and CEO of
Wolfram Research.
Learn more about Stephen at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.stephen.wolfram
Unlike most organizations, whose advisory boards are too small to do
more than provide some advice, our think tank provides action as well as
words. Our board members have developed programs, created reports,
donated money, fueled our blog, created educational videos, joined our
staff, launched numerous forums, organized events, and provided input on
a range of issues from web design to grant proposals to ideas for new
areas that Lifeboat Foundation should be involved in.
Blog
Amalie Sinclair won last month's blog contest with the post "ISDHuB –
Supporting for 100 years" at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2011/10/isdhub...00-years
She won an autographed copy of "Missions to the Moon" (thanks to our Rod
Pyle) and an autographed copy of "Darkship Thieves" which won the
Prometheus Award (thanks to our Sarah A. Hoyt).
Recent blog posts include:
"Sic transit hominum: the transcent of man (Part 2...100,000 years)"
at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2011/11/sic-tr...00-years
"Femtotechnology: AB-Needles Fantastic properties and Applications" at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2011/11/femtot...ications
"D’Nile aint just a river in Egypt…"
at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2011/11/dnile-...in-egypt
Recent Facebook posts include:
"Today on Discover Enterprise we explore the scenario of what might
happen if the first manned mission to Mars crashes hundreds of miles
from the rocket that would take them back home?" at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifeboa...5033455/
"Today on Discovery Enterprise we join veteran actor William Shatner in
a light-hearted look at how the “Star Trek” TV series has changed our
world and influenced and inspired today’s technological innovation."
at https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifeboa...0028455/
"Is the Human Species Entering an Evolutionary Inflection Point?" at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifeboa...1128455/
Growing Membership
Recent donations/pledges we have received since the last newsletter:
Donald Maclean: $1,000,
Michael Abramowicz: $100,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Chris K. Porter: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Brandon E. Larson: $50,
John Ratnaswamy: $50,
Carson Bizon: $40,
Anonymous: $35,
Michael Breazeale: $25,
Sarah A. Hoyt: $25,
Rick Hubbard: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Ille C. Gebeshuber: $22,
Ronald Amos: $10,
James Bracken: $10,
Lawrence Catchpole: $10,
Rebecca R. Cooper: $10,
Thomas Dolphin: $10,
George Garrett: $10,
Charles Hawk: $10,
Alexander Macrae: $10,
Aaron Mayzes: $10,
Glenn A. Miller: $10,
Philip Morehead: $10,
Phil Nadeau: $10,
Francisco Palao: $10,
Shane Phillips: $10,
Frank D. Smith: $10,
Benjamin T. Solomon: $10,
and Todd Erin Danger Sneddon: $6.
Our Join Us page at https://lifeboat.com/ex/join.us now allows you to
pay for your membership anywhere from monthly to every ten years.
