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The
Edge Science Dinner [2.27.03] |
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[click here for slide show — or — click on individual thumbnail photos for full-size image] |
 Sergei Brin, Google; Ronna Tanenbaum. Alexa; Mackenzie & Jeff Bezos, Amazon |
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On February 27, 2003, Edge Foundation, Inc. celebrated the 6th anniversary of Edge at the "Edge Annual Science Dinner" (formerly known as "The Billionaires' Dinner") in at Cibo's Restaurant, in Monterey, California. |
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Among
the world-class scientists attending the dinner (who are also Edge
contributors) were biologist Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs, And
Steel); psychologist Steven Pinker (The Blank Slate); cognitive
scientist
Daniel C. Dennett (Darwin's Dangerous Idea); Computer scientists
Marvin Minsky (Society Of Mind), Rodney Brooks (Flesh And
Machines), and W. Daniel Hillis (The Pattern On The Stone);
Physicists Freeman Dyson (Disturbing The Universe), and Lee Smolin
(Life Of The Cosmos), and atmospheric scientist Stephen Schneider
(Laboratory Earth).|
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Eric Schmidt,
GoogleKelly Bovino |
 Steffi
Czerny, Burda Media |
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Gloria Rudisch Minsky |
Tom Reilly,
Planet OutIlenvanil Subbiah |
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Jean
PigozziOlga of Greece |
 Ramana
RaoSteve Riggio, B&N |
 Steve Petranek, Discover |
Susan
Dawson, Sapling
FoundationLarry Page, Google |
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 Nick Wingfield, WSJournal Dana Ardi, J.P. Morgan |
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 Eric
Schmidt, GoogleJ.P. Schmetz, Burda Digital |
 Beth
Ferren, FortuneChris Taylor, Time |
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 Brad
Stone, Newsweek |
 Susan
Dawson, Sapling FoundationSergey Brin, Google Chris Anerdson, TED |
 Jean Pigozzi Olga of Greece Louis Rossetto, Forca |
| Also present: Pam Alexander, Alexander, Ogilvy; Garry Betty, Earthlink; Paul Bricault, William Morris; John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins; Daniel Greenfield, Earthlink; Alan Kahn, Barnes & Noble; Vinod Khosla, Kleiner Perkins; Dennis Kneale, Forbes; Walter Mossberg, Wall Street Journal; Yossi Vardi, ICQ. |
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John Brockman, Editor and Publisher |
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