User:Arnold Reisman

Author of TURKEY'S MODERNIZATION: Refugees from Nazism and Ataturk's Vision http://www.newacademia.com/turkeys_modernization/

Arnold Reisman was born in Lodz, Poland in 1934 and immigrated to the US in June of 1946. He received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in engineering from UCLA. He is a registered Professional Engineer in California, Wisconsin, and Ohio, and has published over 200 papers in refereed professional journals, along with 14 books. After 27 years as Professor of Operations Research at Case Western Reserve University, Reisman chose early retirement in 1994. During 1999-2003, he was an invited Visiting Scholar in Turkey at both Sabanci University, and the Istanbul Technical University. His current research interests are technology transfer, meta research, and most recently, the history of German-speaking exiled professors starting in1933 and their impact on science in general and Turkish universities in particular. In this regard Reisman is also researching Albert Einstein’s role in saving Nazi persecuted intellectuals and the rise and fall (in stature) of universities in selected countries. Reisman is still actively pursuing his lifelong interest in sculpting. He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, American Men and Women of Science, and Two Thousand Notable Americans, and he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Among his 200-plus publications in refereed journals and 14 books Reisman’s most recent book is: TURKEY'S MODERNIZATION: Refugees from Nazism and Atatürk’s Vision. It has received many outstanding pre and post publication reviews as can be seen among other outlets from. http://www.newacademia.com/#awards

http://www.writersandreadersnetwork.com/html/turkeysmnew_releases.html

http://tcm-ca.com/reviews/1283.html Canadian website

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http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v446/n7135/index.html#ba

http://oe1.orf.at/highlights/69231.html In German, Austrian National Radio

http://www.historia-actual.com/hao/pbhaoabs.asp?idi=ESP&pgt=2&pid=4&pbl=HAO&vol=1&iss=10&cont=30 Spanish Asociación de Historia Actual website, In English

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About 8 customer reviews are shown on http://www.amazon.com/Turkeys-Modernization-Refugees-Nazism-Ataturks/dp/0977790886

Most interestingly the book was the reason for the following honor:

How my writing of this book came about is discussed on: http://hnn.us/articles/29114.html