Born in 1929, Jeremy Bernstein is an American physicist, educator and writer known for the clarity of his writing for the lay reader on the major issues of modern physics. After graduating from Harvard University, Bernstein worked at Harvard and at the Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton. In 1962 he became an Associate Professor of Physics at New York University, and later a Professor of Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, a position he continues to hold. He was also on the staff of The New Yorker magazine.

Title: 'Public schools were dangerous'

Listeners: Christopher Sykes

Tags: Harvard University, New York, Columbia Grammar School, Columbia University

Duration: 1 minute, 17 seconds

Date story recorded: 15th June 2011

Date story went live: 17 August 2011