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Christine Peterson
American nanotechnologist and co-founder of Foresight Institute / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christine L. Peterson[1] is an American forecaster, and the co-founder of Foresight Institute.[2][3] She is credited with suggesting the term "open source" when used in connection with software.[4][5][6]
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Peterson holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from MIT.[2] She is signed up for cryopreservation with the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, since the mid-1980s.[7]