David Bergamini

David Howland Bergamini (11 October 1928, in Tokyo, Japan – 3 September 1983, in Stamford, CT, USA) was an American author who wrote books on 20th-century history and popular science, notably mathematics, though is best known for his controversial research on Japanese imperialism.

Bergamini, born in Tokyo, Japan, was interned for four years

Following the conclusion of the war, Bergamini attended Dartmouth College until 1949, winning the Peter Grimes prize. Bergamini spent the following two years in England, studying at Merton College, Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. In 1951, he joined Time as a reporter and assistant editor; in 1961, he began freelance work for Life magazine, during which he wrote about science and nature.

Partial bibliography The Fleet in the Window (a novel published in 1961) The Universe (Life Nature Library) (1962; revised 1966, 1967) Mathematics (Life Science Library) (1963) The Land and Wildlife of Australia (Life Nature Library) (1964) The Scientist (Life Science Library) (1965) Japan's Imperial Conspiracy (1971), Venus Development (a novel published in 1976)