Thomas Levenson is an American academic,

science writer Science journalism conveys reporting about science to the public. The field typically involves interactions between scientists, journalists, and the public. Origins Modern science journalism dates back to ''Digdarshan'' (means showing the di ...

and

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-maker. , he is Professor of Science Writing and director of the graduate program in science writing at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

. He has written six books: ''Ice Time: Climate, Science and Life on Earth''; ''Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science''; ''Einstein in Berlin''; ''The Hunt for Vulcan: And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe'' (shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2016); ''Newton and the Counterfeiter'' and ''Money for Nothing: The Scientists, Fraudsters, and Corrupt Politicians Who Reinvented Money, Panicked a Nation, and Made the World Rich''. He also writes articles and reviews for newspapers and magazines.

Biography

Levenson's father was

Joseph R. Levenson Joseph Richmond Levenson (June 10, 1920 – April 6, 1969) was a scholar of Chinese history and Jane K. Sather Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. After graduating from Boston Latin School in 1937 and Harvard Colleg ...

, a professor of history at

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. He earned his bachelor's degree in East Asian Studies from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. He is married and lives in

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

with his wife and son.

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References

Faculty: Writing and Humanistic Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology website. (Accessed 2012-03-16)
Thomas Levenson

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