Thomas Joseph Ryan (Author)
Thomas Joseph Ryan (* 1942 ) is a Canadian author .
Ryan emigrated to the United States , where he wrote his best-known work, the science fiction novel The Adolescence of P-1 (1977). In which he explained how a program spreads like a virus over the national computer network and ultimately develops into an artificial intelligence . Ryan anticipated the later developed computer viruses .
The book was filmed for television in 1984 under the title Hide and Seek .
publication
- The Adolescence of P-1. 1977, ISBN 0-02-606500-2 .
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| SURNAME | Ryan, Thomas Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |