Heretics and Heroes in Science
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About the Book
HERETICS AND HEROES IN SCIENCE
Science and arts advance only when individuals explore outside the boundaries of orthodoxy.
The adventures recounted here are bright spots in history.
About the Author
Frederick Goldman was co-producer of The Black Fox, Academy Award art-documentary. Among the plays he produced were Sartre’s No Exit and Brecht’s Galileo. He was one of the founders and president of the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia; was director of film programs at the Philadelphia Museum of Arts; was East Coast representative for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Student Film Competition; and was American representative of the Tate Gallery of London Publications Division. His graduate degree is from Kings College, London, and Temple University, Philadelphia. With his wife, Linda, he wrote Need Johnny Read? a textbook for film studies. He has been published in the New York Times, "Inside," and other journals, as well as in England.