Mitchell A. Wilson (July 17, 1913 in New York - February 25, 1973) was an American
novelist
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and
physicist
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.
Life and career
Before becoming a writer, Wilson was a research scientist (for a time as an assistant to
Enrico Fermi
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) and instructor in physics at the university level. Science, invention, and the ethical problems of modern atomic science are the subjects for some of his works. He also wrote non-fiction on scientific matters for the general reader.
At the height of the
Cold War
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, he was considered a major novelist in the
Soviet Union
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None So Blind
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'' was adapted for the 1947 film
The Woman on the Beach
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directed by
Jean Renoir
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Abraham Polonsky
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, written under the joint pseudonym of Emmett Hogarth.
At the time of his death, Wilson was married to acting coach
Stella Adler
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Victoria Wilson
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Early and personal life
Wilson was born in New York City and grew up ...
, editor and publisher at
Alfred A. Knopf
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.
Books
*''Energy'' (1963; Series: LIFE Science Library)
* ''The Human Body: What It Is and How It Works''
American National Biography
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