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Alec Nevala-Lee

Alec Nevala-Lee
Alec Nevala-Lee is the author of Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller and the Hugo Award finalist Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction. His nonfiction has appeared in print and online in such publications as the New York Times, the Atlantic, Slate, Salon, and the Daily Beast. He lives with his wife, the NPR host Wailin Wong, and their daughter in Oak Park, Illinois.


The Scientific Detective: How Luis W. Alvarez Pursued Theory Through Practice

Alec Nevala-Lee on the Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist's Experimental Approach to Scientific Inquiry
June 11, 2025  By Alec Nevala-Lee
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The Man Who Made Science Fiction What It Is Today

On John Campbell Who "Influenced the Dreamlife of Millions"
November 7, 2018  By Alec Nevala-Lee
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