Prof. Thomas Levenson

Professor of Science Writing
Director, Graduate Program in Science Writing

Primary DLC

Comparative Media Studies/Writing

MIT Room: 14N-229

Research Summary

Author of Einstein in Berlin; Measure for Measure; A Musical History of Science; and Ice Time: Climate, Science, and Life on Earth. Television documentaries include Origins: Back to the Beginning (NOVA); Building Big: Domes (PBS); and Einstein Revealed (NOVA). Peabody Award (shared), New York Chapter Emmy, and the AAAS/Westinghouse award. Articles and reviews in The Atlantic Monthly, The Boston Globe, Discover, The Sciences. Winner of the 2005 National Academies Communications Award for Origins.

Recent Work