Ed Regis is an American

United States

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 author and educator. He specializes in books and articles about science, philosophy and intelligence. His topics have included nanotechnology

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...

, transhumanism

Transhumanism

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 and biological warfare

Biological warfare

Biological warfare is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with intent to kill or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war...

. His articles have appeared in several scientific magazines, including Scientific American

Scientific American

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, Harper's Magazine

Harper's Magazine

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, Wired

Wired (magazine)

Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...

, Discover

Discover (magazine)

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, The New York Times

The New York Times

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, Journal of Philosophy

Journal of Philosophy

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, Ethics

Ethics (journal)

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and the American Philosophical Quarterly

American Philosophical Quarterly

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Personal

Regis was born in 1944. He received a Ph.D in Philosophy

Philosophy

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 from New York University

New York University

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. Regis and his wife live in the mountains near Camp David

Camp David

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, in Maryland

Maryland

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Published works

Published books include:

• What is Life? Investigating the Nature of Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology, published 2008 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN 978-0-374-28851-8 (discussing attempts to create an artificial living cell)
• Who Got Einstein's Office?: Eccentricity and Genius at the Institute for Advanced Study, published 1987 by Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-12065-8
• Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge
  Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge
  Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition is a non-fiction book by Ed Regis, an American author and educator, that presents a lighthearted look at scientific visionaries planning for a future with "post-biological" people, space colonization, nanotechnology, and cryonics....
  
  , published 1990 by Perseus Books, ISBN 0-201-09258-1
• Nano!: The True Story of Nanotechnology - the Astonishing New Science That Will Transform the World, published 1997 by Bantam, London
• Biology of Doom: America's Secret Germ Warfare Project, published 2000 by Henry Holt & Co., ISBN 0-8050-5765-X
• The Info Mesa
  Info Mesa
  Info Mesa is the named coined by Ed Regis to describe the emerging technology companies and community in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The name was first used in an article in Wired Magazine in 2000 and later in a book by Regis published in 2003...
  
  : Science, Business, and New Age Alchemy on the Santa Fe Plateau, published 2003 by W. W. Norton, ISBN 0-393-02123-8
• Extraterrestrials: Science and Alien Intelligence, published 1985
• Gewirth's Ethical Rationalism: Critical Essays, with a Reply by Alan Gewirth (edited by Ed Regis), published 1984 by University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-70691-5