Joel J. Kupperman is Professor

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 of Philosophy

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 at the University of Connecticut

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, most renowned for his Six Myths about the Good Life

Six Myths about the Good Life

Six Myths about the Good Life: Thinking about what has Value is a popular philosophical book by Joel J. Kupperman of the University of Connecticut...

, a popular philosophical volume centering on those values most worth engaging in human life. Kupperman is best known to the general public as the "math Quiz Kid" who, during the 1940s astounded audiences with his ability to do complex mathematics rapidly and seemingly "in his head". He had strong general knowledge too, and was often the winner of the weekly Quiz Kid competitions featured on the show. In a movie at the time "Chip off the Old Block

Chip Off the Old Block

Chip Off the Old Block is 1944 American film starring Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, and Ann Blyth. In the story, the son of a strict man from the Navy falls in love with a girl from a performing family . In the end, the families learn to except their differences and they are allowed to be in love...

" (1944), starring Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan and Ann Blyth, Kupperman alone was featured as the "Quiz Kid", representative of the group.

He is married to noted historian

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 Karen Ordahl Kupperman, who teaches at New York University

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. The couple have two sons: Michael Joel Kupperman

Michael Kupperman

Michael Kupperman, also known by the pseudonym P. Revess, is an American cartoonist and illustrator. He created the comic strips Up All Night and Found in the Street, and has written scripts for DC Comics...

, a noted illustrator

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; and Charles Anders Kupperman, a medical journalist and editor for Eli Healthcare, formerly residing in North Carolina.