Nathan Myhrvold
Nathan Myhrvold ( born August 3, 1959 in Seattle ) is a former Chief Technical Officer of Microsoft and co-founder of Intellectual Ventures.
Work
He obtained his Diploma in Mathematics with 19, finished with 23 graduated from Princeton University with a doctorate in mathematical and theoretical physics from. He then spent a year in Cambridge post- graduate student at Stephen Hawking. In Oakland, California, he founded his own software company, Dynamical Systems, which was bought in 1986 by Microsoft. He remained until 1999, at Microsoft, Myhrvold founded in 1991 whose research offshoot of Microsoft Research in Redmond.
Myhrvolds researches and projects have been published in various journals and magazines ( Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Time and National Geographic Traveler). The U.S. journal Foreign Policy Foreign Policy has taken him in 2010 in his list of the world's top 100 thought leaders. The US-based Time magazine counted him in 2011 among the 100 most influential people in the United States.
Myhrvold is amateur chef, author and photographer. Culinary experiences he gained as an apprentice by Thierry Rautureau at Rover's, one of the leading restaurants of Seattle. In addition, he attended the cooking school École de Cuisine La Varenne in France. Published in 2011 Myhrvold with Chris Young and Maxime Biletein the six-volume cookbook Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking. The compendium is to be understood because of his scientific approach as redefining the modern way of cooking and includes elements of experimental cuisine - Myhrvold distances itself from the book misleading term " molecular gastronomy ". Examples are the use of a homogenizer, a centrifuge and vacuum cooking. Although Myhrvold claims that his work could be put into practice by home cooks without a laboratory, he estimated for the preparation of the "perfect cheeseburger " about 30 hours.
Writings
- Modernist Cuisine. The revolution of the culinary arts. Bags, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-8365-3256-3