Bernard Harden Porter (1911 –2004 ) graduated from Colby College in 1932, went on to an M.S. at Brown University & worked as physicist on cathrode ray tube technology before WWII. During the war Bern was drafted for uranium separation work on the Manhattan Project, a job he quit after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. 1944-1948 Porter and George Leite published the literary magazine "Circle 10". He also published Henry Miller's anti-war tract, "Murder the Murderers," & was the first U.S. publisher of Miller. Actively promoted & published other writers under Bern Porter Books at the same time developing his own art including found poetry, ("founds"), sound poetry, performance art, experimental essays, surrealistic photographs, collages, mail art, architectural sketches & found sculpture. Porter also worked as physicist on NASA's Saturn V manned space project. He worked on the integration of science and art, formally developed in his Sciart Mainfesto (1950). Also founder of the Institute for Advanced Thinking a network of non-academic scholars in the various arts. Where to go what to do when you are Bern Porter, the biography by James Schevill, should be your first exposure to this American Genius. Links related to Bern Porter Ubu-Bern Porter Xexoxial Endarchy Porter Reviews Plaster Cramp Press X-Ray Book Co. Mark Bloch's Interview with Bern Wikipedia - Bern Porter How Bern Porter Saw the World