Joseph Oxenhorn was an American educator and prolific textbook author. After attending Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York, United States.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New...

 and receiving a master's degree from Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

, Oxenhorn became a teacher and eventually a principal in the New York City school system. He stayed in the city's education system for over 30 years, finally retiring in 1971. He is noted for having authored 18 science textbooks. His daughter is the noted political theorist and translator Mera J. Flaumenhaft

Mera J. Flaumenhaft

Mera Joan Flaumenhaft is an American scholar and translator specializing primarily in political theory. She is currently a Tutor in English at St. John's College. Her translation of Niccolò Machiavelli's Mandragola is widely used in college courses throughout the country...

 and his son is the Harvard

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 scholar and author Harvey Oxenhorn

Harvey Oxenhorn

Harvey Oxenhorn was an American academic and author most famous for writing the book, Tuning the Rig. He was the Director of the Public Policy Communications Program at Harvard University. Oxenhorn was born in New York. He got a Bachelor of Arts degree at Swarthmore College and a Doctorate in...

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He died of prostate cancer.

Works

• Pathways in Science Series with Michael Norman Idelson (12 vols.), Globe Book Co., 1968

Physics

• • The Forces of Nature (Vol. 1)
  • Matter and Energy (Vol. 2)
  • Sound and Light (Vol. 3)

Earth Science

• • The Earth We Live On (Vol. 1)
  • Oceans of Air and Water (Vol. 2)
  • Energy and Space (Vol. 3)

Biology

• • The Materials of Life (Vol. 1)
  • Built for Living (Vol. 2)
  • The Next Generation (Vol. 3)

Chemistry

• • The Materials of Nature (Vol. 1)
  • Chemistry of Mixtures (Vol. 2)
  • Chemistry of Metals (Vol. 3)
• Teaching Science to Underachievers in Secondary Schools, Globe Books Co., 1972
• Man and Energy in Space, Globe Book Co., 1975
• Oceanography and Our Future, Learning Trends, 1975
• Energy and Our Future, Globe Book Co., 1979