Born Itzhak Bentov on August 9, 1923 in Humenné, Czechoslovakia. Of Russian heritage. Invented steerable cardiac catheter which helped pioneer biomedical engineering industry. Author of 'Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness', E. P. Dutton, 1977, ISBN 978-0-525-47458-6 and 'A Cosmic Book on the Mechanics of Creation' with Mirtala Bentov, Dutton Books, 1982, ISBN 0-525-47701-2