Ben Bova

American writer (1932–2020)

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Born: 8 November 1932
Died: 29 November 2020
Works: 435

Top works

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Two A
Jupiter
Laughing Space
Again, Dangerous Visions
Sea-Wolf and Selected Stories

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1932-11-08

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Listeners: 254
Total plays: 5,031

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5 total works indexed

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using lme4
· 2015 · cited 73,385x
Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2
· 2012 · cited 52,849x
HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements
· 2015 · cited 21,523x
Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome
· 2009 · cited 19,787x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,410x

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Quotes

“My first published novel was written for teenagers, and there were rules laid down by the publisher: no sex, no smoking, no swearing. I blew up entire solar systems, I consigned billions of people to horrible death; they didn't seem to mind that at all. But no hanky-panky.”
“I think it's perfectly OK to exploit the moon. Largely for two reasons: there's no life there, and it is close enough and rich enough in resources to be economically useful to Earth. In the final analysis, everything we do in space, if it does not help the people of Earth, all the people, it's not going to happen.”
“If astronomy has taught man anything it is the painful fact that we are not special creatures in any sense of the term. Our star is an average one, and the conditions that led to the formation of our planet and ourselves were probably not very extraordinary.”
“Your job is not to die for your country. Your job is to get the other poor sonofabitch to die for his country.”
““A teacher?” Vyborg gasped. “They got rid of him in Mexico because he was teaching unauthorized garbage. Do you want him teaching his blasphemies here?”Berkowitz’s smile diminished by less than a millimeter. “Freedom of thought is not blasphemous, Sammi. He’s a great teacher.””
“He’s so doggone narrow-minded he could look through a keyhole with both eyes.”

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Key facts

Born: Benjamin William Bova , ( 1932-11-08 ) November 8, 1932, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , U.S.
Died: November 29, 2020 (2020-11-29) (aged 88), Naples, Florida , U.S.
Occupation: Author essayist journalist
Education: University at Albany, SUNY ( MA ), California Coast University ( EdD )
Genre: Science fiction
Notable awards: Inkpot Award , Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor
Spouse: Rosa Cucinotta ( married"}]]}'>m. 1953 ; divorced"}]]}'>div. 1974 ) , Barbara Berson Rose ( married"}]]}'>m. 1974 ; died 2009 ) , Rashida Loya ( married"}]]}'>m. 2013 )

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Official website: benbova.com
Image: Ben Bova at Minicon 8(1974).jpg

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birth name: Benjamin William Bova
date of birth: 1932-11-08
nickname: Ben Bova
date of death: 2020-11-29
name in native language: Ben Bova
described at URL: www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/books/ben-bova-dies.html
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Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932 – November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, for which he won a Hugo Award six times, and an editorial director of Omni; he was also president of both the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America.

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