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Dr. David Brin is a scientist, public speaker, and author. His papers in scientific journals cover an eclectic range of topics from astronautics, astronomy, and optics to alternative dispute resolution and the role of neoteny in human evolution. David's 1998 non-fiction book The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Freedom and Privacy? deals with a wide range of threats and opportunities facing our wired society during the information age. His chief argument, that openness is more effective than secrecy at fostering freedom, sparked controversy and garnered the prestigious Obeler Freedom of Speech Prize from the American Library Association. Several of his fifteen novels have been New York Times Bestsellers, winning multiple Hugo, Nebula and other awards. David authored the Nebula, Hugo, and LOCUS award winning novel, Startide Rising, the Hugo and LOCUS award winning novel, The Uplift War. His 1989 ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare, the flooding in New Orleans, and near-future trends such as the World Wide Web including the creation of mass-collaborative projects like Wikipedia. His novels have been translated into more than twenty languages.
