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Robert A. Heinlein

Also known as Anson MacDonald, Lyle Monroe, John Riverside, Caleb Saunders, Simon York, Robert Heinlein, Robert Anson Heinlein

American author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988)

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Robert A. Heinlein was an American author and aeronautical engineer who lived from 1907 to 1988. He is notable for his work in science fiction, a genre that became central to his literary career.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 7 July 1907
Died: 8 May 1988
Works: 175

Top works

Stranger in a Strange Land (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Fifty short science fiction tales
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Two A
Iyov
Giants Unleashed

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Writing · Butler, Missouri, USA

Robert Anson Heinlein (/ˈhaɪnlaɪn/ HYNE-lyne; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction. His published works, both fiction and non-fiction,…

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1907
Active to: 1988

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Discography

The Green Hills of Earth1977

Discogs

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Listeners: 1,788
Total plays: 40,828

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5 total works indexed

Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,949x
Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,885x
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,540x
Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 38,928x
The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,324x

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Quotes

“I think that science fiction, even the corniest of it, even the most outlandish of it, no matter how badly it's written, has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary postulate that the world does change. I cannot overemphasize the importance of that idea.”
“How anybody expects a man to stay in business with every two-bit wowser in the country claiming a veto over what we can say and can't say and what we can show and what we can't show — it's enough to make you throw up. The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak.”
“Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.”
“Take sex away from people. Make it forbidden, evil. Limit it to ritualistic breeding. Force it to back up into suppressed sadism. Then hand the people a scapegoat to hate. Let them kill a scapegoat occasionally for cathartic release. The mechanism is ages old. Tyrants used it centuries before the word "psychology" was ever invented. It works, too.”
“The capacity of the human mind for swallowing nonsense and spewing it forth in violent and repressive action has never yet been plumbed.”
“The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning, while those other subjects merely require scholarship.”

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Official website

The Heinlein Society

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Official website: www.heinleinsociety.org
Image: Heinlein-face.jpg

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Commons category: Robert A. Heinlein
date of birth: 1907-07-07
date of death: 1988-05-08
Commons gallery: Robert A. Heinlein
birth name: Robert Anson Heinlein
pseudonym: Simon York
name in native language: Robert A. Heinlein
start of work period: 1939-00-00
end of work period: 1988-00-00
Commons Creator page: Robert A. Heinlein

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Robert Anson Heinlein (/ˈhaɪnlaɪn/ HYNE-lyne; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction. His published works, both fiction and non-fiction, express admiration for competence and emphasize the value of critical thinking. His plots often presented provocative situations which challenged conventional social mores. His work continues to have an influence on the science fiction genre and on modern culture more generally.

Heinlein became one of the first American science fiction writers to break into mainstream magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940s. He was one of the best-selling science fiction novelists for many decades. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke were often considered the "Big Three" of English-language science fiction authors. Notable Heinlein works include Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers (which helped mold the space marine and mecha archetypes) and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. His work sometimes had controversial aspects, such as plural marriage in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, militarism in Starship Troopers and technologically competent women characters who were formidable, yet often stereotypically feminine—such as Friday.