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Prof. Thomas Levenson
Professor of Science Writing
Director, Graduate Program in Science Writing
Primary DLC
Comparative Media Studies/Writing
MIT Room:
14N-229
(617) 253-1000
levenson@mit.edu
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
Books
Publication date:
April 29, 2025
Books
Prof. Thomas Levenson
So Very Small: How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs–and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease
Publication date:
August 19, 2020
Books
Prof. Thomas Levenson
Money for Nothing: The Scientists, Fraudsters, and Corrupt Politicians Who Reinvented Money, Panicked a Nation, and Made the World Rich
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