Neil Gershenfeld, a physicist and computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has made it to Foreign Policy magazine’s second annual list of the top 100 public intellectuals.
Mr. Gershenfeld, who directs MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, is cited for his interdisciplinary research into quantum computing, nanotechnology, and “personal fabrication.”—Andrea L. Foster



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