UNITED STATES AUTHOR · SCIENCE · JUVENILE
Mitchell A. Wilson
Also known as: Emmett Grogan
Wilson became a professional writer in the 1940s while he was a research scientist, instructor, and doctoral candidate in Physics at Columbus University. Science, invention, and the ethical problems of modern atomic science are the subjects for some of his works. Finding his double-life too strenuous, he left academia and moved to Martha's Vineyard to become a full-time writer. He also wrote non-fiction on scientific matters for the general reader. In 1953, at the height of the cold war, he learned that his novel Live with Lightning had been translated into Russian and was selling well. In the Soviet Union and he was considered a major novelist, while in his native United States his was less widely heard-of. At the start of his career, he collaborated on a mystery novel "The Goose is Cooked" with Abraham Polonsky written under the joint pseudonym of Emmett Grogan. At his death, he was married to Stella Adler, the famous acting coach.
Most acclaimed
Live with lightning, a novel
An unusually intelligent and sensitive novel depicting the career of a young nuclear physicist in the thirties and forties. He becomes involved in secret atomic energy research as part of the Manhattan Project, but does not work directly on the bomb, although he witnesses the Trinity Test. Postwar security obsessions are criticized, as well as the concentration of all atomic research on weapons rather than energy. --Paul Brians at public.wsu.edu.
Energy
1989
According to Einstein's famous equation, E=mĉ2, all matter can be converted to energy. It is everywhere and everything. In this valuable introduction, renowned expert Vaclav Smil explains its pivotal role in the evolution of both our planet and modern society. Starting with an explanation of the concept, he goes on to cover such exciting topics as the inner workings of the human body, and the race for more efficient and environmentally friendly fuels. With global warming becoming a mainstream political issue, this guide will help shed light on the science behind it and efforts to prevent it, and how our seemingly insignificant daily decisions affect energy consumption. Whether you're after insight or dinner table conversation, Energy: A Beginner's Guide will amaze and inform, uncovering the science behind one of the most important concepts in our universe. - Publisher.