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A Medici of modern scientific exploration

Filed Under Discover, Technology, Recent stories 

The most recent issue of Discover magazine (not yet online online here) contains a long interview I did with Paul Allen late last fall. Allen, of course, in addition to being the cofounder of Microsoft and one of the world’s wealthiest individuals, is the owner of the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers and a prolific technology investor and philanthropist.

For Discover, though, we were most interested in his appetite for scientific and exploration projects. Raised on science fiction (he opened a science fiction museum in Seattle, in fact), Allen has put huge chunks of money towards efforts like SpaceShipOne, the Allen Brain Atlas, and SETI. In the interview, he talks about how he picks his scientific spots, where he’s going next, and a few old times with Mr. Gates.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

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I'm Evan Ratliff, a freelance journalist and writer for Wired, The New Yorker, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications.

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