Nathan Myhrvold
Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft
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| 2021 | Received the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences Luminary Award from the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences. |
| 2020 | Launched a joint venture with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to develop a prototype traveling-wave nuclear reactor that combines a molten-sodium reactor with a molten salt energy storage system through TerraPower. |
| 2018 | Received a James Beard Foundation book award for Modernist Bread. |
| 2017 | Published his asteroid research in peer-reviewed literature, presenting results for thousands of asteroids and highlighting clerical and software errors in WISE measurements. |
| 2016 | Endorsed Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election. |
| 2016 | Presented a preprint criticizing NEOWISE team's procedures and results about asteroid diameters, which received wide press coverage and prompted a NASA public statement. |
| January 31 2016 | Completed display of the Difference Engine #2 at the Computer History Museum. |
| June 12 2015 | Delivered the keynote speech at the UCLA College commencement ceremonies. |
| 2013 | Received an honorary degree from The Culinary Institute of America and served as a judge for the inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. |
| 2012 | Won James Beard Foundation Award for 'Cookbook of the Year' for Modernist Cuisine. |
| March 2011 | Released Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking, a culinary text exploring scientific research principles and new cooking techniques. |
| 2010 | Named to Foreign Policy magazine's list of top 100 global thinkers. |
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