A. Bowdoin Van RiperA. Bowdoin Van Riper is a historian who specializes in depictions of science and technology in popular culture. He is Web Coordinator for the Center for the Study of Film and History and an archivist for the Martha's Vineyard Museum. Van Riper's publcations include Imagining Flight: Aviation in Popular Culture (2003), A Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists and Inventors in American Film and Television (2011). ROBERT VAN RIPER is a retired senior member of the staff at the Financial Accounting Standards Board, 1973-1991. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of N.W. Ayer, Inc. He is the author of many articles in business and professional journals and two novels. Read More Read Less