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Herman Kahn
Sign in to saveAmerican futurist noted for his views on nature of thermonuclear war (1922–1983)
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- Bayonne (New Jersey), 15 februari 1922
- Died
- Chappaqua (New York), 7 juli1983
- Works
- 69
Top works
- Summary of recommendations from Crises and arms control
- Crisis and arms control
- それでも曰本は成長する
- Faustian powers and human choices
- A summary of Arizona tomorrow
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Numerical integration of the cartesian equations of motion of a system with constraints: molecular dynamics of n-alkanes
· 1977 · cited 19,832x
- GROMACS: Fast, flexible, and free
· 2005 · cited 18,096x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,760x
- LINCS: A linear constraint solver for molecular simulations
· 1997 · cited 14,355x
- PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT AND DISENGAGEMENT AT WORK.
· 1990 · cited 11,053x
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1922–1983
- Nationality
- US, XXU, USA, XX
- Role / Field
- Physicists, Futurologists, Systems theorist, Military strategist, Matematicos, Fizika
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 32 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Quotes
- “In any case, the thought of a catastrophe or holocaust unleashed by accidental (i.e. nonhistorical) causes might be very unsettling to any Marxists who had a passionate belief in a deterministic theory of history. Instead of saying "It is inevitable that we will take over the world in fifty years", this Marxist would have to add, "Always assuming some capitalist fool doesn't press the button."”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1922-02-15 ) February 15, 1922, Bayonne, New Jersey , U.S.
- Died
- July 7, 1983 (1983-07-07) (aged 61), Chappaqua, New York , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of California, Los Angeles ( BS ), California Institute of Technology ( MS )
- Occupations
- Futurist Military strategist Systems theorist
- Known for
- Nuclear strategy
- Notable work
- On Thermonuclear War
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Interview with Herman Kahn, author of On Escalation, May 11, 1965.jpg
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- Herman Kahn
- date of death
- 1983-07-07
- date of birth
- 1922-02-15
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Encyclopedic overview
Herman Kahn (February 15, 1922 – July 7, 1983) was an American physicist and a founding member of the Hudson Institute, regarded as an eminent futurist of the latter part of the twentieth century.
He originally came to prominence as a military strategist and systems theorist while employed at the RAND Corporation. There, he analyzed the likely consequences of nuclear war and recommended ways to improve survivability during the Cold War. Kahn posited the idea of a "winnable" nuclear exchange in his 1960 book On Thermonuclear War, for which he was one of the historical inspirations for the eponymous character of Stanley Kubrick's classic black comedy film satire Dr. Strangelove. In his commentary for Fail Safe, director Sidney Lumet remarked that the Professor Groeteschele character is also based on Herman Kahn.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Herman Kahn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.