Chris J. deGrazia has been an editor and writer for decades, for such clients as the American Council on Education, the National Academy of Sciences, AmericaOnline (when Quantum Computers), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), NASA, and the Smithsonian Institution. He has studied philosophy, physics, the social sciences, and the history and literature of political philosophy for two degrees from the University of Chicago. He enjoys reading fiction; taking photographs; stripping appearance from truth, uncovering reason, and unfolding ideas; and disrobing words that laugh.