One of the inventors of the original Tuple Spaces idea was David Gelernter. He was actually targeted by the Unabomber, and survived but was heavily hurt (https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/21/magazine/the-unabomber-an...). David was a brilliant researcher, with lots of great ideas including Mirror Worlds (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_Worlds). I sometimes wonder if what the Unabomber did to him in early 90s slowed David down, and made it harder for David's idea to get out there.
Mirror Worlds (the book) is a great read. I have it on my shelf next to his other book, Machine Beauty. I didn't know he was a victim of the Unabomber, that's unfortunate.
