Mitchell A. Wilson (July 17, 1913 – February 25, 1973)[1] was an American novelist and physicist.[2]
Life and career
Before becoming a writer, Wilson was a research scientist (for a time as an assistant to Enrico Fermi) 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, he was considered a major novelist in the Soviet Union, while his work received little recognition in the United States.[citation needed]
At the time of his death, Wilson was married to acting coach Stella Adler. His first marriage was to Helen Weinberg Wilson which produced two daughters: Erica Silverman, a literary agent, and Victoria Wilson, editor and publisher at Alfred A. Knopf.
Books
Non-fiction
American Science and Invention: A Pictorial History (1954)
The Human Body: What It Is and How It Works(1959)
The Body in Action: The Parts of the Body and How They Work (1962)
