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Clifton Paul "Kip" Fadiman (May 15, 1904 – June 20, 1999) was an American intellectual, author, editor, and radio and television personality. He began his work in radio, and switched to television later in his career.
Fantasia Mathematica [1] is an anthology published in 1958 containing stories, humor, poems, etc., all on mathematical topics, compiled by Clifton Fadiman. A companion volume was published as The Mathematical Magpie (1962). The volume contains writing by authors including Robert Heinlein, Aldous Huxley, H. G. Wells, and Martin Gardner.
The Mathematical Magpie is an anthology published in 1962, compiled by Clifton Fadiman as a companion volume to his Fantasia Mathematica (1958). [1] The volume contains stories, cartoons, essays, rhymes, music, anecdotes, aphorisms, and other oddments.
[1]: 461 But Clifton Fadiman, quoted in a Viking Press advertisement for The Doorbell Rang, thought it was "the best of all Nero Wolfe stories". FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in 1961 The FBI and The FBI Nobody Knows
Clifton Fadiman wrote in his 1949 introduction to the book Masterpieces of World Literature, that no story better than The Man Without a Country expresses the spirit of American nationalism. [2] Hale published "The Man Without a Country" in the Atlantic Monthly in 1863 to bolster support for the Union in the North. [3]
Famous FDR Quotes. Getty Images. 1. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 2. "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether ...
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after landing at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, after attending the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race.
Adams and Kieran returned to the show, with Fadiman again as host and two guest celebrities. On August 17, Fadiman was replaced by John McCaffery for the rest of the show's run. A variation of Information Please , this time a program devoted exclusively to music with the same four-member panel format, became popular when it was televised in Los ...