Dr. Eamonn F. Healy is a professor of chemistry at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. He received a doctorate in chemistry in 1984 from the University of Texas at Austin. He appeared in Richard Linklater's 2001 film Waking Life in which he discussed concepts similar to a technological singularity. Chemistry (derived from alchemy) is the science of matter at or near the atomic scale. ... This article is about the university in Texas. ... Austin is a word that may refer to various things. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 660 miles (1,065 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. ... Richard Linklater (born July 30, 1961, in Houston, Texas, USA) is an American film director and writer. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Waking Life is a digitally rotoscoped and animated film, directed by Richard Linklater and made in 2001. ... When plotted on a logarithmic graph, 15 separate lists of paradigm shifts for key events in human history show an exponential trend. ...