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John W. Campbell
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American science fiction writer (1910–1971)
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John Wood Campbell, Jr. (1910–1971) was an American editor, novelist, writer, and screenwriter. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was educated at Duke University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served as editor-in-chief and worked primarily in the science fiction genre. Campbell wrote in English and used the pseudonyms Don A. Stuart, Karl van Campen, and Arthur McCann. He was an atheist.
His notable works include *Prologue to analog*, *Cosmos*, and *Islands of Space*. Campbell received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Magazine and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. He died in Mountainside.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 8 June 1910
- Died
- 11 July 1971
- Works
- 197
Top works
- Prologue to analog
- Cosmos
- Islands of Space
- John Wood Campbell, Science Fiction Collection
- Analog 7
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 59
- Total plays
- 383
Tags
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 63
- Cited by
- 5,199
Research areas
Most cited works
- Experimental Determination and System Level Analysis of Essential Genes in <i>Escherichia coli</i> MG16552003 · 732 cit
- Bacterial Fatty Acid Biosynthesis: Targets for Antibacterial Drug Discovery2001 · 476 cit
- Living with genome instability: the adaptation of phytoplasmas to diverse environments of \ntheir insect and plant hosts2006 · 417 cit
- Complete genome sequence of <i>Vibrio fischeri</i> : A symbiotic bacterium with pathogenic congeners2005 · 361 cit
- X-ray diffraction studies of polysaccharide sulphates: Double helix models for κ- and ι-carrageenans1969 · 344 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,252x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,497x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,874x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,518x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,119x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “The world’s prize stupid oaf is the man who thinks he already has all the answers.”
- “A successful crackpot is still a crackpot.”
- “The curve of progress in the physical sciences is, assuredly, still rising rapidly. But I wonder how fast the curve of human-effort-invested-per-discovery-achieved is rising?”
- “Hypnosis has been a seriously neglected factor of the human mind; now it must be attacked as a major engineering problem. For once, we have an aspect of the mind that ties directly into a solid engineering job; it will require that psychology submit to that harshest of all disciplines—the absolutely inflexible, utterly autocratic, uncompromisingly dogmatic discipline of “Does it work?””
- “Logic happens to be one of the levels of reality; ignoring it is perfectly possible, just as it is possible for a drunken driver to ignore the concrete-and-steel bridge abutment in his path. The difficulty is that logic—like the bridge-abutment—won’t ignore the individual man.”
- “Immunity corrupts; absolute immunity corrupts absolutely.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- John Wood Campbell Jr. , ( 1910-06-08 ) June 8, 1910, Newark, New Jersey , U.S.
- Died
- July 11, 1971 (1971-07-11) (aged 61), Mountainside, New Jersey , U.S.
- Pen name
- Don A. Stuart
- Occupation
- Magazine editor, writer
- Nationality
- American
- Alma mater
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (no degree), Duke University ( BS )
- Period
- 1930–1971
- Genre
- Science fiction
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Campbell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newark
- Place of death
- Mountainside
- Occupation
- editing staff
- Position held
- editor-in-chief
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Genre
- science fiction
- Image
- 14th WSFS 008 - 1956 John Campbell cropped.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1910-06-08
- date of death
- 1971-07-11
- Commons category
- John W. Campbell
- pseudonym
- Arthur McCann
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- John Wood Campbell, Jr.
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later called Analog Science Fiction and Fact) from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Campbell wrote "super-science" space opera under his own name and other stories under his primary pseudonym, Don A. Stuart. Campbell also used the pen names Karl Van Kampen and Arthur McCann. His novella Who Goes There? (1938) was adapted as the films The Thing from Another World (1951) and The Thing (1982); as well as a prequel The Thing (2011).
Campbell began writing science fiction at age 18 while attending MIT. He published six short stories, a novel, and eight letters in the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories from 1930 to 1931. This work established Campbell's reputation as a writer of space adventure. In 1934, he began to write science fiction stories of a different sort under the pseudonym Don A. Stuart. From 1930 until 1937, Campbell was prolific and successful under both names; he stopped writing fiction shortly after he became editor of Astounding in 1937. In his capacity as an editor, Campbell published the earliest work, and helped shape the careers of, nearly every important science-fiction author to debut between 1938 and 1946, including Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, and Arthur C. Clarke.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John W. Campbell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.