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Albert Frank
I'm born in 1943 somewhere on the hidden face of the moon.
In 1965 I had a master degree in mathematics.
I became a chess master and won the 1968 Brussel's chess championship.
From 1966 to 1994, I was teacher in universities in seven different Central Africa countries. I made several research. A summary of the main one can be seen at
http://users.skynet.be/albert.frank/chess_and_aptitudes.htm . It was made at the department of psychology at the national University of Zaïre.
I was also, among a lot of hobbies, flight instructor, bridge player and puzzles creator.
I have been chess champion of this 7 countries (the level was not very high)
I'm now member of about 25 high iq societies, including The Sigma IV Society (old norms), The Pars Society, The Prometheus Society (subscriber), The Pi Society (subscriber) …
In March 2000, I took the initiative to invite in Brussels several "top IQ people". It was fantastic. After that, there where several meetings in Paris, Seattle, Sao Paulo and Curitiba.
In all of this meetings, the great think was the communication among the participants. A direct communication is totally different than an e-mail communication.
I founded the puzzle society Ludomind: http://www.ludomind.gui.pro.br
I have written about 50 articles, and …Natan.
My favourite authors: Einstein, Kafka, Stapledon, Hofstadter.
My favourite films: Citizen Kane, Cabaret, Les enfants du paradis.
Particularity: I have no television.
Maxim: "Everybody does it" is not a reason for doing it.
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NATAN
Nath is a genius; Tanguy an idiot. Any such extremes disturb people. In recognition of this fact, a pharmaceutical corporation is undertaking experiment with a new drug, “normality pills”, that would move them both toward the norm. It is decided to put them in contact using e-mail exchanges. Those responsible for the experiment will monitor the exchanges. So a deep friendship evolves between two individuals who normally would never have even met. Their dialogue is moving right up to the terrifying conclusion.
One of the themes of the narrative is the loneliness of the extremes.
Print: $13.69
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