Birth Name:

John R. Pierce

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Mar 27, 1910

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Age:

114

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

6°

Ari

11'

About John R. Pierce

John Robinson Pierce (March 27, 1910 – April 2, 2002), was an American engineer and author. He worked extensively in the fields of radio communication, microwave technology, computer music, psychoacoustics, and science fiction. As a sideline to his professional career he wrote science fiction for many years under various names: John Pierce, John R. Pierce, and J. J. Coupling. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he earned his PhD from Caltech, and died in Sunnyvale, California, from complications of Parkinson's Disease.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• IEEE Global History Network biography

• Creative Thinking by J. R. Pierce, December 1951

• "Machine Hearing and the Legacy of John R. Pierce" – video of a talk at Caltech's EE Centennial celebration

• John R. Pierce at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for John R. Pierce: Sun 6 Aries, Moon 26 Libra, Mercury 27 Pisces, Venus 23 Aquarius, Mars 8 Gemini, Jupiter 10 Libra, Saturn 23 Aries, Uranus 24 Capricorn, Neptune 16 Cancer, Pluto 24 Gemini, Sun Opposition Jupiter, Mercury Square Pluto, Sun Sextile Mars, Sun Semi Square Venus, Mercury Sextile Uranus, Venus Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Venus Sextile Saturn, Venus Semi Sextile Uranus, Venus Trine Pluto, Mars Trine Jupiter, Mars Semi Square Saturn, Mars Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Saturn Square Uranus, Saturn Sextile Pluto, Uranus Quincunx Pluto

Categories related to John R. Pierce: California Institute of Technology alumni, New Jersey, March 27 births, 20th-century American novelists, 20th-century American male writers, American male novelists, 2002 deaths, American electrical engineers, Scientists at Bell Labs, American science fiction writers, American male short story writers, 20th-century American short story writers, 20th-century American inventors, AC with 25 elements, National Medal of Science laureates, 20th-century American engineers, Novelists from Iowa, People from Berkeley Heights, Draper Prize winners, 1910 births, Engineers from New Jersey, IEEE Medal of Honor recipients, Gliding in the United States, IEEE Edison Medal recipients, Valdemar Poulsen Gold Medal recipients

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