Attempting to portray the science and future of The Song of Kiri was a very large undertaking. I relied upon the research of 367 scientists and interviewed 141 of them for their opinions, expert advice, or to implore their aid. As the weeks and months pass, I am slowly going to update all those who either contributed directly, or those whose research I relied upon.
(Legal Disclaimer – The use of institution and individual names in the novel does not imply any endorsement or participation on their behalf. While I believe that I have upheld their good names honorably as part of Min-Hee’s quest, their appearance in the novel should not in any way be seen as a seal of their approval or an official blessing of The Song of Kiri.)
I would like to thank the following research scientists:
(Listed by last name alphabetically)
Analisa Berta, Emery Brown, William Burgess, John Calambokidis, Siong Soon Chun, Christopher Clark, Michael Coughlin, Mary Ann Daher, Jim Darling, Peter Dayan, Laurence Doyle, Rebecca Dunlop, Dominique Durand, Michael Graziano, Regina Guazzo, Sean Hanser, John Hildebrand, Geoffrey Hinton, Achim Kempf, Christof Koch, Iain Kerr, Ray Kurzweil, Marc Lammers, Yann LeCun, Fei-Fei Li, Jim Maxwell, Johnjoe McFadden, Paul Metzger, Hans Moravec, Michael Noad, Tim O’Sullivan, Adam Pack, Roger Payne, Tomaso Poggio, Melinda Rekdahl, Joy Reidenberg, Stuart J. Russell, Terry Sejnowski, Anil Seth, Sebastian (Hyun-June) Seung, Fred Sharpe, Peter Shor, Seth Shostak, Mark Solms, Alison Stimpert, Jan Straley, Steven Strogatz, Terence Tao, Jill Tarter, Giulio Tononi, Katherine Tschida, Misha Tsodyks, Peter Turchin, Peter Watts, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Alex Zerbini
I would also like to thank those who read either the entire text or selected chapters:
Kenny Brown, T. Chen, M. Coughlin, J. Darling, R. Dunlop, J. Garcia, K. Hall, S. Hanser, R. Hunley, M. Kapoor, C. Lucarelli, T. Moreau, A. Singh, A. Stimpert, Tao, K. Tschida, P. Watts, C. Wilson
I would like to specially recognize the:
University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Irwin and Joan Jacobs School of Engineering
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
I am also indebted to the following institutions:
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Carnegie Mellon University
Center for Whale Research
Hopkins Marine Research Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics (Tubingen)
Ocean Alliance
Perimeter Institute
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
SETI Institute
Stanford University
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ)
University of British Columbia
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, San Francisco
University of Cambridge
University of Florida (Gainesville)
University of Queensland
University of Waterloo
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Maui Dreams Dive Company and Corey Mahjoubian of Kihei, Hawai’i