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Philip Elliot Slater (May 15, 1927 – June 20, 2013 [2]) was an American sociologist and writer.He was the author of the bestselling 1970 book on American culture, The Pursuit of Loneliness (1970) and of numerous other books and articles.
New York: Back Bay Books, 2014. [8] Borneman, Walter R. Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad. New York: Random House, 2010. [9] Review, Los Angeles Times - Oct 3, 2010; Review BusinessWeek - Oct 20, 2010; Borneman, Walter R. Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America.
Bronowski's book adaptation of the series, The Ascent of Man (1973), is an almost word-for-word transcript from the television episodes, diverging from the original narration only where the lack of images might make its meaning unclear. A few details of the film version were omitted from the book, notably from episode 11, "Knowledge or Certainty".
The book received numerous positive reviews. For example, Kirkus Reviews wrote, "The best pieces in the book, such as a wonderful essay on Navajo place names, combine this ethic with a profound attention to local knowledge and old ways of knowing; echoing Borges, Momaday proclaims that for him paradise is a library, but also 'a prairie and a plain . . .
Pope's Essay on Man and Moral Epistles were designed to be the parts of a system of ethics which he wanted to express in poetry. Moral Epistles has been known under various other names including Ethic Epistles and Moral Essays. On its publication, An Essay on Man received great admiration throughout Europe.
His book Capitalism and Freedom, inspired by a series of lectures he gave at Wabash College, [72] brought him national and international attention outside academia. [73] It was published in 1962 by the University of Chicago Press and consists of essays that used non-mathematical economic models to explore issues of public policy. [74]
He also wrote the novel Pursuit (adapted into a two-part TV miniseries Twist of Fate), and the Holmes parody The Memoirs of Schlock Homes. In 1963, Fish completed Jack London 's unfinished novel The Assassination Bureau, Ltd based on the unfinished manuscript with additional notes by London and an ending outline done by London's wife Charmian ...
Cohn was born in London, to a German Jewish father and a Catholic mother. [1] He was educated at Gresham's School [2] and Christ Church, Oxford. [2] According to the Italian scholar Lorenzo Ferrari, "Cohn grew up feeling 'a man between all worlds' with his German-Jewish surname, his mother's Catholic faith (although she never had him baptised), and his numerous German relatives". [3]