Thomas Levenson

Thomas Levenson is a US academic, science writer and documentary film-maker. As of 2012, he is Professor of Science Writing and director of the graduate program in science writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also written five books: Ice Time: Climate, Science and Life on Earth, Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science, Einstein in Berlin,[1] 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),[2] and Newton and the Counterfeiter.[3][4][5]

He also writes articles and reviews for newspapers and magazines.

Biography

Levenson's father was Joseph R. Levenson, a professor of history at University of California, Berkekley.[6]

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

He is married and lives in Massachusetts with his wife and son.

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