Thomas Levenson (levenson@mit.edu)
Professor Thomas Levenson is the winner of Walter P. Kistler Science Documentary Film Award, Peabody Award (shared), New York Chapter Emmy, and the AAAS/Westinghouse award. His articles and reviews have appeared in The Atlantic, the Boston Globe, Discover, and The Sciences. He is winner of the 2005 National Academies Communications Award for Origins.
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Thomas Levenson: “Stop Trying to Make ‘Wuhan Virus’ Happen”
The term Wuhan virus treats COVID-19 as a Chinese scourge—and ignores an ugly history. Via The Atlantic.
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The Hunt for Vulcan
A dramatic human story of Newton, Einstein, and others’ epic quest, Tom Levenson’s The Hunt for Vulcan offers insight into how science really advances.
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John Roberts and the Color of Money
“This is one more step toward securing governance of, for, and by rich people and their well-compensated servants.”
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The Best of Times (Good Reads Redux)
“We live in amazing times; flat-out gorgeous, exciting times. Only, not so much for science writers. But here’s a funny thing. I do not believe there has been a better time to be a science reader. Ever.”
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There Should Be Grandeur: Basic Science in the Shadow of the Sequester
“[T]he sequester wreaks its havoc by striking hardest at particular points in the life cycle of a university researcher.”
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The Story of a Study of the Mind
Rebecca Saxe, PhD ’03, identified the parts of the brain that help us recognize others’ feelings. As a new professor, she took that research a step further in a groundbreaking follow-up study.
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I’m Shocked! Shocked! to Find There Are Neutrinos Going On Here
Many physicists note that challenges to special relativity have a very poor track record.
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Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World’s Greatest Scientist
In the courts and streets of London, Newton and Chaloner played out an epic game of cat and mouse.
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Einstein in Berlin
“Take a good look,” he said to his wife as they walked away from their house. “You will never see it again.”
