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...That is actually the magazine illustration for one of the first science fiction stories I published,” Gilbert says as he glances at the image...
After dropping out of high school and traveling around the country to muse over philosophical questions, Gilbert settled in Denver. By age 18, he was married and had a son and was writing science fiction stories on his typewriter. While he received encouraging feedback and sold some stories, he was honest with himself about his shortcomings: “I knew nothing about literature. I wasn’t even a good speller,” he recalls...
...Gilbert went on to earn his GED, and then a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Colorado, Denver. He then continued his studies at Princeton, where he earned a Ph.D. in social psychology four years later...
...from an old science fiction movie is projected on the left side of the lecture hall. On the right, the students see a schedule for the day’s lecture. Suddenly, Porky Pig interrupts the music: “That’s allllllll folks!” Gilbert takes the stage. “There are a lot of things it’s difficult to demonstrate in a classroom, ranging from earthquakes and black holes to evolution and the atomic weight of hydroholes to evolution and the atomic weight of hydrogen,” Gilbert says, beginning...
...Although Gilbert has been teaching the class on-and-off since 2001, he dedicates a great deal of effort to still improving his lectures, estimating that he spends an astounding 100 hours on each PowerPoint presentation. He updates these PowerPoints until right before showtime, often including relevant photos from the day’s news...