Pierre R. Schwob is a computer scientist who founded the classical music site classicalarchives.com.

He owns several patents—several of which were incorporated into a U.S. national standard for radio receiver technology.

Published works include:

·      AWE, Palo Alto, Sciences.org Books, 2024; a climate change technothriller focused on AI advances.

·      The Great Documents of the World: Milestones of Human Thought, (ed). U.S., U.K., Japan: McGraw-Hill, 1977; Austria, Germany: Kruger Verlag, 1977.

·      How to Use Pocket Calculators. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976. Special selection of the Macmillan Book Club. Introductory offer of the Library of Mathematical Sciences.

·      The Chess Tutor: Opening Moves, co-authored with George F. Kane. New York: Mason/Charter, 1976; London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1976.

He wrote the libretto of the narrated symphony Cosmic Reflection, offering the history of the universe in 40 minutes, composed by Nolan Gasser. The work premièred at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC in 2009.

Asteroid (32890) Schwob is named after him for his contributions to science & technology. Schwob is engaged with the latest developments in astrophysics and cosmology, particularly at Stanford and at SLAC. He regularly visits labs worldwide (including at the actual South Pole), the highest observatories and deepest mines to follow the latest physics experiments. He is also a regular visitor to the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

He is a long-time trustee of the SETI Institute.