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Born in 1920 in Petrovichi, Russia, to a Jewish family
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Moved to the USA in 1923
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Married 1942, divorced 1973, son and daughter,
remarried after divorce
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Graduated BS Chemistry, Columbia University
1939, MA Chemistry 1941
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Gained a PhD in Biochemistry 1948, after army
service
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Associate professor biochemistry , Boston
University School of Medicine 1955-58; made a professor in 1979
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1958 became a fulltime writer
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Wrote around 500 books on a wide range of
subjects
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Did not believe in God or an afterlife; a
Humanist
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A fan of Sherlock Holmes, Gilbert & Sullivan
and P G Wodehouse
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Was afraid of flying
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Died in 1992
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