Epstein Secrets

s tale: born in 1953 in Coney Island, father works for the city's Parks Department, mother a housewife. His sport, the captain of the math team at Lafayette High school. HE goes on to Cooper Union where the tuition is free. He drops out after two years and begins taking classes at the NYU's Courant Inst

at Lafayette High school. HE goes on to Cooper Union where the tuition is free. He drops out after two years and begins taking classes at the NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematics. Then, without a college degree, and a sleight of hand, gets a job teaching math and physics at Dalton in 1974. (A few years ago, during a chance e

was a housewife. He has a younger brother, Mark. Epstein was distinguished by little other than his math talents. The captain of the math team at Lafayette High school in Bensonhurst, he goes on to Cooper Union where the tuition is free. He drops out after two years and begins taking classes at the NYU

gh school in Bensonhurst, he goes on to Cooper Union where the tuition is free. He drops out after two years and begins taking classes at the NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematics. Then, without a college degree, hence by a slight of hand, gets a job teaching math and physics at Dalton in 1974. (A few years ago, during a chan

University, located a few blocks away. There, at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, he studies the mathematical physiology of from a

porter’s wile, perately needed an organ transp operation. “That's just typical,” Grossberg says. “That's who he always was, long as I knew him.” “Lafayette was a city school,” says another old classmate, James “It was functional. There was nothing special about it.” James Rosen is a retired postal worke

at's who he always rs another old classmate, James was nothing special about it.” stal worker. He lives in South tein, he’d grown up in Sea Gate. at Lafayette,” Rosen recalls. “It at one time, 90 percent Italian. vs moved in, and there was rt want the Jews to be there.” in, too, he remembers, and His- the a