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Barney Oliver [1909-1995]

Rank: 105
Scientist

Bernard M. Oliver, also known as Barney Oliver, was a scientist who made contributions in many fields, including radar, television, and computers. He was the founder and director of Hewlett Packard laboratories until his retirement in 1981. He is also a recognized pioneer in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Oliver was president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1965.

Travel, Space

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Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.		101
The sun and its retinue of planets drift as a group through the vast gulfs of space that separate the stars.	Space	102
If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.	Travel	103
Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots.		104
Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars.		105
The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be invested in the ship to make its tons of matter move at a substantial fraction of the speed of light.		106
Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.		107
No one can deny the excitement of visiting another world.		108
It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance.	Travel	109
In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.		110

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