Cliff Stoll - Definition and Overview

Clifford Stoll (or Cliff Stoll) is an astronomer and computer systems administrator, and author. He received his Ph.D. from University of Arizona in 1980.

He has written two books as well as technology articles in the non-specialist press (e.g., in Scientific American on the Curta mechanical calculator).

He works as an astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Bibliography

• High-Tech Heretic: Reflections of a Computer Contrarian, Clifford Stoll, 2000, ISBN 0385489765.
• Silicon Snake Oil, Clifford Stoll, ISBN 0743411463.
• The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage, Clifford Stoll, 1996, ISBN 0385419945.

External links

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