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<h2 id="early-life-and-education">Early life and education</h2> <p>Marshall Brain was born in <a href="/facts/Santa_Monica,_California/A0Cyj3vy">Santa Monica, California</a>, where his father designed components for Moon rockets.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> He received a B.S. in <a href="/facts/Electrical_engineering/YYXW1KLW">electrical engineering</a> from <a href="/facts/Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute/e3smoUMm">Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</a> in 1983, and a M.S in <a href="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a> from <a href="/facts/North_Carolina_State_University/FnMUAASu">North Carolina State University</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>Marshall taught in the computer science department at North Carolina State University from 1986 to 1992.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> He also wrote computer programming manuals and ran a <a href="/facts/Software/RP79lVSW">software</a> training and consulting company.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="business-career">Business career</h2> <p>In 1998, Brain founded the website <a href="/facts/HowStuffWorks/ncIRjUIA">HowStuffWorks</a>.com as a hobby.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> In 2002, <a href="/facts/Time_(magazine)/N4FXc99l"><i>Time</i></a> magazine described <i>HowStuffWorks.com</i> as "an eclectic encyclopedia that covers everything from torque converters to dieting to DNA."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> In 2002, Brain sold a part of his related company, How Stuff Works Inc., to The Convex Group, an Atlanta-based investment company owned by former <a href="/facts/Web_MD/BILVL1DI">Web MD</a> CEO Jeff Arnold, for an estimated $1 million.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Discovery,_Inc./6y0aeRqm">Discovery</a> purchased the website for $250 million in 2007 and introduced its television show <i>How Stuff Works</i> in 2008.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p><p>In 2008 and 2009, he hosted <i>Factory Floor with Marshall Brain</i> and the <i>Who Knew? With Marshall Brain,</i> both on the <a href="/facts/National_Geographic_(American_TV_channel)/19KuJFw6">National Geographic</a> channel.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> For these shows, Brain showed viewers how products are designed, tested, and manufactured.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> Brain says shows like this are popular because "We use this stuff every day and some of it's so interesting. Like the science underneath it, and how people use that science to make the product and other people make it cheap enough for all of us to be able to afford it."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> </p><p>Brain appeared on <i><a href="/facts/The_Oprah_Winfrey_Show/eXsy10ej">The Oprah Winfrey Show</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Dr._Oz_Show/h81rV3QS">Dr. Oz</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Good_Morning_America/PGspN5sj">Good Morning America</a></i>, <a href="/facts/CNN/kEYsUQqr">CNN</a>, and <i><a href="/facts/Modern_Marvels/MV65b33l">Modern Marvels</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> </p><p>In addition to his <i>How Stuff Works</i> <a href="/facts/Nonfiction/8YkF8zrG">nonfiction</a> book series, Brain wrote about <a href="/facts/Robotics/wkmvodJz">robotics</a>, <a href="/facts/Transhumanism/lTkdgFLo">transhumanism</a>, and <a href="/facts/Atheism/patUWN1f">atheism</a>, including his books <i>The Second Intelligent Species: How Humans Will Become as Irrelevant as Cockroaches</i> (2015) and <i><a href="/facts/Manna_(novel)/nlv7SgtQ">Manna: Two Views of Humanity's Future</a></i> (2012).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> Brain maintained that automation and robots will lead to unemployment for humans, such as 1.5 million big-rig truck drivers in the U.S. losing their jobs to self-driving cars, requiring a government guaranteed minimum income.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> </p><p>Brain last lectured at, and was the director of the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program at <a href="/facts/North_Carolina_State_University/FnMUAASu">North Carolina State University</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> He worked on EcoPRT, a new transportation system, with Dr. Seth Hollar.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="personal-life-and-death">Personal life and death</h2> <p>Brain resided in <a href="/facts/Cary,_North_Carolina/wrw4LTcU">Cary, North Carolina</a>, with his wife Leigh Ann and four children.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> He was an atheist and ran the website <a href="http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/">Why Won't God Heal Amputees?</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> In 2018, he was a speaker during the <a href="/facts/March_for_Science/oBWRcVzF">March for Science</a>, a protest against <a href="/facts/Donald_Trump/pqqKY21P">President Donald Trump</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> </p><p>Brain was found dead in his office at <a href="/facts/Centennial_Campus_of_North_Carolina_State_University/tGC6sVTq">Centennial Campus</a> on November 20, 2024, at the age of 63.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> His death certificate described the cause of death as suicide.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> Two and a half hours before his body was discovered, he sent an email to over 30 recipients claiming that he had been forced into retirement at North Carolina State after filing an ethics complaint against <a href="/facts/Veena_Misra/CJW5VtwE">Veena Misra</a>, dean of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, writing “I have just been through one of the most demoralizing, depressing, humiliating, unjust processes possible with the university.”<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="publications">Publications</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Books</th><th>Publisher</th><th>Date</th><th>ISBN</th></tr><tr><td><i>Motif Programming: The Essentials... and More</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Digital_Equipment_Corporation/ztxs6keA">Digital Press</a></td><td>1992</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-55558-089-0</td></tr><tr><td><i>Using Windows NT: The Essentials for Professionals</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a></td><td>1993</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0130919772</td></tr><tr><td><i>Win 32 System Services: The Heart of Windows NT</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a></td><td>1994</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780130978257</td></tr><tr><td><i>Windows NT Administration: Single Systems to Heterogeneous Networks</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a></td><td>1994</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0131766945</td></tr><tr><td><i>Visual C++ 2: Developing Professional Applications in Windows 95 and NT Using MFC</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a></td><td>1995</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-13-305145-5</td></tr><tr><td><i>Windows Application Design with OLE 2.0: For Windows and Windows NT</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a></td><td>1995</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0130978175</td></tr><tr><td><i>Developing Professional Applications: For Windows 95 and NT Using MFC, with CD-ROM</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a></td><td>1996</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780136163435</td></tr><tr><td><i>Sybase System XI</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a></td><td>1996</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0134948653</td></tr><tr><td><i>Win 32 System Services (2nd edition)</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a></td><td>1996</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0133247325</td></tr><tr><td><i>The Teenager's Guide to the Real World: How to Become a Successful Adult</i></td><td>BYG Publishing</td><td>1997</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-9657430-3-9</td></tr><tr><td><i>Microsoft Technology: Networking, Concepts, Tools</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a></td><td>1998</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0130805580</td></tr><tr><td><i>Understanding COM+</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a></td><td>1998</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0130959669</td></tr><tr><td><i>Win 32 System Services: The Heart of Windows 98 and Windows 2000 (3rd Edition)</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a></td><td>2000</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0130225576</td></tr><tr><td><i>Windows CE 3.0: Application Programming [With CDROM]</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a></td><td>2000</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780130255921</td></tr><tr><td><i>How Much Does the Earth Weigh? (Marshall Brain's How Stuff Works)</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Wiley_(publisher)/53g3LqJc">Wiley</a></td><td>2001</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-7645-6519-2</td></tr><tr><td><i>Marshall Brain's How Stuff Works</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Wiley_(publisher)/53g3LqJc">Wiley</a></td><td>2001</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-7645-6518-4</td></tr><tr><td><i>Marshall Brain's More How Stuff Works</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Wiley_(publisher)/53g3LqJc">Wiley</a></td><td>2002</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-7645-6711-X</td></tr><tr><td><i>What If...? Intriguing Answers for the Insatiably Curious</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Wiley_(publisher)/53g3LqJc">Wiley</a></td><td>2002</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-7645-6657-1</td></tr><tr><td><i>Brain's Sum and Substance Quick Review on Contracts, 7th edition</i></td><td><a href="/facts/West_(publisher)/ImB952vz">West</a></td><td>2006</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0314166831</td></tr><tr><td><i>The Science Book: Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works</i></td><td><a href="/facts/National_Geographic_Society/mlx2uHa4">National Geographic</a></td><td>2008</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9781426203374</td></tr><tr><td><i>The Day You Discard Your Body</i></td><td>BYG Publishing Inc.</td><td>2012</td><td><a href="/facts/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number/twP2MtLk">ASIN</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ATF93BS">B00ATF93BS</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>How to Make a Million Dollars</i></td><td>BYG Publishing Inc.</td><td>2012</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780985232122</td></tr><tr><td><i>How to Raise Money from Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists</i></td><td>BYG Publishing Inc.</td><td>2012</td><td><a href="/facts/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number/twP2MtLk">ASIN</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AUJGM3A">B00AUJGM3A</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Manna_(novel)/nlv7SgtQ">Manna - Two Views of Humanity's Future</a></i></td><td>BYG Publishing Inc.</td><td>2012</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-9852321-1-5</td></tr><tr><td><i>The Meaning of Life</i></td><td>BYG Publishing Inc.</td><td>2012</td><td><a href="/facts/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number/twP2MtLk">ASIN</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007F1PMJ6">B007F1PMJ6</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>50 Things that Can Kill Your Child and How to Avoid All of Them</i></td><td>BYG Publishing Inc.</td><td>2013</td><td><a href="/facts/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number/twP2MtLk">ASIN</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HNFP816">B00HNFP816</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>Robotic Nation & Robotic Freedom</i></td><td>BYG Publishing Inc.</td><td>2013</td><td><a href="/facts/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number/twP2MtLk">ASIN</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HCQLR5M">B00HCQLR5M</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>The Engineering Book: From the Catapult to the Curiosity Rover, 250 Milestones in the History of Engineering</i></td><td>Union Square Co</td><td>2015</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1454908098</td></tr><tr><td><i>How God Works: A Skeptic Questions Belief</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Sterling_Publishing/66RY23hh">Sterling Ethos</a></td><td>2015</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9781454910619</td></tr><tr><td><i>The Second Intelligent Species: How Humans Will Become as Irrelevant as Cockroaches</i></td><td>BYG Publishing Inc.</td><td>2015</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-9852321-7-7</td></tr><tr><td><i>How "God" Works: A Logical Inquiry on Faith</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Sterling_Publishing/66RY23hh">Sterling Ethos</a></td><td>2016</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1454910615</td></tr><tr><td><i>The Doomsday Book: The Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Threats</i></td><td>Union Square Co.</td><td>2020</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1454939966</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="television-shows">Television Shows</h2> <ul><li><i>Factory Floor with Marshall Brain</i> (2008) – Host</li> <li><i>Who Knew? With Marshall Brain</i> (2008) – Host</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2358160/">Marshall Brain</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Getting To Know…Marshall Brain". Carolina Country. Retrieved January 29, 2022. <a href="https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/carolina-people/getting-to-knowmarshall-brain" target="_blank">https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/carolina-people/getting-to-knowmarshall-brain</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Washburn, Mark (March 22, 2008). "TV's Whiz on how stuff works". The Charlotte Observer. p. E1. Retrieved January 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93695219/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93695219/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Who Knew? With Marshall Brain (Documentary), Atlas Media, March 13, 2008, retrieved January 29, 2022 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1311623/" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1311623/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Factory Floor with Marshall Brain". Atlas Media Corp. Retrieved February 10, 2022. <a href="http://atlasmedia.tv/production-item/factory-floor-with-marshall-brain" target="_blank">http://atlasmedia.tv/production-item/factory-floor-with-marshall-brain</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Getting To Know…Marshall Brain". Carolina Country. Retrieved January 29, 2022. <a href="https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/carolina-people/getting-to-knowmarshall-brain" target="_blank">https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/carolina-people/getting-to-knowmarshall-brain</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Washburn, Mark (March 22, 2008). "TV's Whiz on how stuff works". The Charlotte Observer. p. E1. Retrieved January 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93695219/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93695219/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Sultan of Stuff" Archived 2017-08-24 at the Wayback Machine, Rensselaer Magazine, June 2002. <a href="http://www.rpi.edu/dept/NewsComm/Magazine/jun02/feature3-1.html" target="_blank">http://www.rpi.edu/dept/NewsComm/Magazine/jun02/feature3-1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Getting To Know…Marshall Brain". Carolina Country. Retrieved January 29, 2022. <a href="https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/carolina-people/getting-to-knowmarshall-brain" target="_blank">https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/carolina-people/getting-to-knowmarshall-brain</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Washburn, Mark (March 22, 2008). "He's Made a Career of Marveling at Science". The Charlotte Observer. p. 7E. Retrieved January 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93695863/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93695863/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Manjoo, Farhad. "Welcome to the machine?" Archived 2006-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, Salon, 18 September 2003. <a href="https://www.salon.com/2003/09/18/automation/" target="_blank">https://www.salon.com/2003/09/18/automation/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"50 Best Websites: Information and Reference: HowStuffWorks", Time.com, 2002. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020606031508/http://www.time.com/time/2002/tech/best/reference.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20020606031508/http://www.time.com/time/2002/tech/best/reference.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Guernsey, Lisa. "For One Web Site, Some Explaining to Do", The New York Times, 24 May 2001. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/24/technology/for-one-web-site-some-explaining-to-do.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/24/technology/for-one-web-site-some-explaining-to-do.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Washburn, Mark (March 22, 2008). "TV's Whiz on how stuff works". The Charlotte Observer. p. E1. Retrieved January 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93695219/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93695219/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"50 Best Websites: Information and Reference: HowStuffWorks", Time.com, 2002. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020606031508/http://www.time.com/time/2002/tech/best/reference.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20020606031508/http://www.time.com/time/2002/tech/best/reference.html</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Nilson, Kim (September 2, 2002). "HowStuffWorks sold to vulture fund". Triangle Business Journal. 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