Born: April 13, 1913, New York, United States of America.

Died: September 22, 2012, Vermont, United States of America.

Higher Education: MA and PhD at Columbia University (New York, United States of America).

Main Publications: 

• The Secret of Light (1952)
• Discover the Stars, (1954), with Gaylord Johnson
• Fire in Your Life (1955)
• Time in Your Life (1955)
• Hurricanes and Twisters, (1955), written as Robert Irving
• Rocks and Minerals and the Story They Tell, (1956), written as Robert Irving
• The Stars: Steppingstones Into Space (1956)
• Tools in Your Life (1956)
• What We Want From Our Schools (1957)
• Monkey Business: Hoaxes in the Name of Science (1957)
• Man-Made Moons (1957)
• Magic House of Numbers (1957)
• How Life Began (1957)
• Dust (1958)
• Mathematics: The Story of Numbers, Symbols and Space (1958)
• The New Mathematics (1958)
• The Sun and Its Family (1958)
• The Tools of Science (1958)
• Energy and Power, (1958), written as Robert Irving
• Weather in Your Life (1959)
• Seeing the Earth From Space (1959)
• Hot and Cold (1959)
• Sound and Ultrasonics, (1959), written as Robert Irving
• Temperature in Your Life (1960)
• Electromagnetic Waves, (1960) written as Robert Irving
• Light in Your Life (1961)
• Thinking Machines (1961)
• Electronics, (1961), written as Robert Irving
• The Adler Book of Puzzles and Riddles, (1962), with Peggy Adler
• Mathematics Workbook with Self-Teaching Text and Learning Exercises (1962)
• Color in Your Life (1962)
• Volcanoes and Earthquakes, (1962), written as Robert Irving
• Inside the Nucleus (1963)
• Probability and Statistics for Every Man (1963)
• A New Look at Arithmetic (1964)
• Logic for Beginners (1964)
• The Elementary Mathematics of the Atom (1965)
• Electricity in your Life (1965)
• A New Look at Geometry (1966)
• The Wonders of Physics (1966)
• Groups in the New Mathematics (1968)
• Mathematics and Mental Growth (1968).

Works Written with his wife, Ruth Adler:

• Numbers Old and New (1960)
• Things that Spin (1960)
• Rivers (1961)
• Shadows (1961)
• The Story of a Nail (1961)
• Why? A Book of Reasons (1961)
• Your Eyes (1962)
• Oceans (1962)
• Insects and plants (1962)
• Air (1962)
• Storms (1963)
• Your Ears (1963)
• Why and How? (1963)
• The Earth’s Crust (1963)
• Irrigation (1964)
• Numerals: New Dresses for Old Numbers (1964)
• Fibers (1964)
• Heat (1964)
• Houses (1964)
• Machines (1964)
• Coal (1965)
• Evolution (1965)
• Atoms and Molecules (1966)
• Taste, Touch and Smell (1966)
• Magnets (1966)
• Tree Products (1967)
• Sets (1967)
• The Calendar (1967)
• Communication (1967)
• Directions and Angles (1969)
• Sets and Numbers for the Very Young (1969).