Milton A. Rothman
| Milton A. Rothman | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 30, 1919 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 6, 2001 (aged 81) Wyncote, Pennsylvania |
| Pen name | Lee Gregor |
| Occupation | Nuclear physicist, academic, science fiction fan, science fiction short story writer |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Notable works | Heavy Planet and Other Science Fiction Stories, The Laws of Physics |
Milton A. Rothman (November 30, 1919 – October 6, 2001) was a United States nuclear physicist and college professor.
He was also an active science fiction fan and a co-founder of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society. An occasional author as well, he published stories usually with the pseudonym "Lee Gregor".
Rothman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Central High School. He attended Oregon State University, where he received a bachelor's degree in engineering, and graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his doctorate in physics in 1952.
Rothman died at Wyncote, in 2001, of heart failure, from complications due to diabetes and Parkinson's disease.
His complete science fiction stories were published posthumously in 2004 by Wildside Press with the title Heavy Planet and Other Science Fiction Stories edited by Darrell Schweitzer and Lee Weinstein.
Milton Rothman's son is science fiction writer Tony Rothman. His daughter, Lynne Lyon, LCSW, is an Attachment Therapist, and founder of the Attach-China-International Parent's Network.
After receiving his doctorate, Rothman spent the next seven years investigating nuclear energy at the Bartol Research Foundation in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. From 1959 until 1969, he worked at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory on Project Matterhorn, which studied methods of heating ionized gas to very great temperatures. In 1963, while working in the laboratory, he wrote The Laws of Physics.
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