“What nonsense?! — outraged reader . “Some kind of Gault, Atlant... And this Rand — where did it come from?” When I first heard this name three years ago, I thought the same way. Especially because he heard it in an incredible context: the Library of Congress conducted an extensive sociological survey, trying to determine which book has the most profound impact on Americans. The first place, of course, was taken by the Bible, but the second ... "Atlantus spread out his shoulders"! I did not believe my eyes. What is it done?! It seems to be a graduate philologist, what is there - a candidate of sciences, and the specialization is suitable - modern novel poetics, and about any Ayn Rand in forty years of life has not heard . Who is John Galt? Sergey Golubitsky . Published in Business Journal No. 16 of August 17, 2004. http://offline. business-magazine. en/2004/52/111381