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Aug. 10, 2012
Catching Up with Tom Swift a Century Later
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Science fiction hero Tom Swift has amazed children with his incredible inventions since combustion and electricity drove the nation into a new era. These stories captured a cultural love of science and inspired such famous figures as Steve Wozniak and Isaac Asimov -- all while predicting new technologies decades in advance.
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Marc Abrahams
Editor and Co-founder, Annals of Improbable Research
Founder and Master of Ceremonies,IgNobel Prize Ceremony
Weekly Columnist, The Guardian
Boston, Massachusetts
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