'Michael H. Hart' (born
April 28,
1932 in
New York City) is an American
astrophysicist turned author, historian, and activist. He has worked for
NASA and been a professor of astronomy at
Anne Arundel Community College in
Arnold, Maryland and a professor of physics at
Trinity University in
San Antonio, Texas. He holds degrees in
physics,
astronomy, and
law and is the author of the book, ''
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History'', which has been translated into a number of languages.
Hart, who describes himself as a
white separatist[1], has been a frequent attendee of conferences held by the
New Century Foundation, publisher of the ''
American Renaissance'', which has been described as a "racist newsletter" by the
Southern Poverty Law Center.
[2] [3] which in turn has been described as “a left-wing shakedown scam preying on the elderly, Holocaust-haunted rich" by
VDARE.com.
[4]
Hart delivered a paper at a 1996 conference describing his proposal to partition the United States into four states: a white state, a black state, a Hispanic state, and an integrated mixed-race state.
At a 1994 conference, he had a public confrontation with former Klansman and former Louisiana politician
David Duke over Duke's anti-Semitic remarks during a speech (Hart is Jewish.)
Bibliography
★ '', 1978
★ ''Extra-Terrestrials, Where Are They?'' (co-edited with
Ben Zuckerman), 1982
★ ''A View from the Year 3000''
Further reading
★ Interview with Michael H. Hart by Russell K. Neili, April 14, 2000. ''Contemporary Voices of White Nationalism in America'', edited by Carol M. Swain and Russ Nieli, Cambridge University Press, 2003, pg. 184–202.
External links
★
Time Magazine's parody of the 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century
References
1. Swain and Nieli, page 201.
2. Swain and Neili, page 184.
3. Heidi Beirich and Mark Potok, "Irreconcilable Differences: A schism over anti-Semitism threatens a key 'white nationalist' group. The outcome could be critical to the radical right.", Southern Poverty Law Center,
4. http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2006/07/23/brimelow-rmn-article-on-is-vdarecom-white-nationalist/ "Brimelow RMN Article On Is VDARE.COM White Nationalist?"].