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* About the auth0r Alvin Silverstein?grew up in Brooklyn, the youngest son of an immigrant family who emphasized hard work and education.?After graduating from Brooklyn College,?he went to graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, where?he got a Masters degree in chemistry and met his wife, author Virginia Silverstein.?He got?his Ph.D. at NYU while teaching at the College of Staten Island. He ultimately became a Professor of Biology there and also Director of the Physician Assistant program, while coauthoring books with?his wife and, later, two of?their children as well.? In 1971 they