Harvey Wheeler
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John Harvey Wheeler (October 17, 1918 – September 6, 2004) was an American author, political scientist, and scholar. He was best known as co-author with Eugene Burdick of Fail-Safe (1962), an early Cold War novel that depicted what could easily go wrong in an age on the verge of nuclear war. The novel was made into a movie, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Henry Fonda, in 1964. In later years, Wheeler was a founding editor of the Journal of Social and Biological Structures, 1982, and an early advocate of online education and the Internet as a democratizing tool. He taught a course in "OnLine Publishing" for Connected Education in the mid-to-late 1980s.
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Harvey Wheeler | |
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Born | (1918-10-17)October 17, 1918 |
Died | September 6, 2004(2004-09-06) (aged 85) |
Nationality | American |
Education | Subiaco Academy |
Alma mater | Indiana University (B.A., M.A.) Harvard University (Ph.D.) |
Notable work | Fail-Safe (1962) |
Spouse | !-- Noreen Wheeler (Burleigh) --> |
Children | 3 |