Andrew Bernstein is an Objectivist philosopher and professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Purchase. He has written the CliffNotes for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, and Anthem. Dr. Bernstein is author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic, and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire. He has lectured at Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, the United States Military Academy, and elsewhere. He is affiliated with the Ayn Rand Institute. Objectivism is the philosophy developed by Russian-born American philosopher and author Ayn Rand. ... A professor is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... Philosophy is a discipline or field of study involving the investigation, analysis, and development of ideas at a general, abstract, or fundamental level. ... Purchase College, also known as SUNY Purchase or State University of New York College at Purchase, is a public liberal arts college in Purchase, New York and is a part of the State University of New York system. ... Ayn Rand (February 2, 1905–March 6, 1982; first name pronounced (IPA) (rhymes with mine)), born Alissa Alice Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was a popular and controversial American philosopher and novelist, best known for her philosophy of Objectivism and her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. ... Atlas Shrugged cover Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the USA. Spoiler warning: // Philosophy and writing The theme of Atlas Shrugged is that independent thinking, and the creativity and inventiveness that comes from this, is the motor that runs the world. ... The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand (ISBN 0452283760). ... An anthem is a choral composition to an English religious text sung in church services. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ... The Chapel at West Point The United States Military Academy, also known simply as West Point and USMA, is a U.S. military academy and former Army fort. ... The Ayn Rand Institute: The Center for the Advancement of Objectivism (ARI) was established in 1985, three years after Ayn Rands death, by Leonard Peikoff, Rands legal and intellectual heir. ...