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The Art of Puzzles
Created on 2006-03-14 00:06:31 (#9766036), last updated 2009-07-03
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BioMy name is Thomas Snyder and I spent my entire childhood growing up in the suburbs of Buffalo, NY, which means I've developed a thick skin after surviving numerous blizzards, multiple Super Bowl defeats, an obvious forward lateral, and a clear crease violation in triple overtime.
I studied Chemistry and Economics at Caltech, receiving my B.S. with honors in 2002. I earned my Ph.D. in Chemistry at Harvard University under Prof. David Liu in 2007 and am currently a post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University under Prof. Stephen Quake. I aim in my future scientific career to develop new technologies for studying chemistry and biology and hope to contribute to the transformation of medicine from treating disease to preventing its occurrence.
I have won the US (2007) and World (2007, 2008) Sudoku Championships and am a 4-time US Puzzle Champion (2006-9). It is rare to find me too far from a puzzle I am either writing or solving. I strive to make an artistic statement with my puzzles, proving that hand-crafted logic puzzles are better than soulless computer-generated ones. My first book of puzzles, Battleship Sudoku, a variation that combines elements from existing Battleship and Sudoku puzzle types, was published by Sterling in 2008. Two new books, "Mutant Sudoku" and "Sudoku Masterpieces", both co-written with Wei-Hwa Huang, will be released later this year. Additional puzzle projects and books are in the works, and news about them will be in the blog.
In my limited free time, I enjoy long-distance running, hiking, playing poker, following my favorite sports teams, and watching a wide range of television shows, typically on DVD/Blu-Ray.
I studied Chemistry and Economics at Caltech, receiving my B.S. with honors in 2002. I earned my Ph.D. in Chemistry at Harvard University under Prof. David Liu in 2007 and am currently a post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University under Prof. Stephen Quake. I aim in my future scientific career to develop new technologies for studying chemistry and biology and hope to contribute to the transformation of medicine from treating disease to preventing its occurrence.
I have won the US (2007) and World (2007, 2008) Sudoku Championships and am a 4-time US Puzzle Champion (2006-9). It is rare to find me too far from a puzzle I am either writing or solving. I strive to make an artistic statement with my puzzles, proving that hand-crafted logic puzzles are better than soulless computer-generated ones. My first book of puzzles, Battleship Sudoku, a variation that combines elements from existing Battleship and Sudoku puzzle types, was published by Sterling in 2008. Two new books, "Mutant Sudoku" and "Sudoku Masterpieces", both co-written with Wei-Hwa Huang, will be released later this year. Additional puzzle projects and books are in the works, and news about them will be in the blog.
In my limited free time, I enjoy long-distance running, hiking, playing poker, following my favorite sports teams, and watching a wide range of television shows, typically on DVD/Blu-Ray.
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buffalo bills, buffalo sabres, computers, crosswords, games, having fun, high fidelity, hiking, kakuro, kevin spacey films, marathoning, music, new york yankees, nick hornby books, puzzles, puzzling, radiohead, reading, running, singing, sudoku, television, top five lists, wordplay
Schools:
Amherst Central High School - Amherst, NY (1994 - 1998)California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA (1998 - 2002)
Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - Cambridge, MA (2002 - 2007)
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