Norman Levitt
Norman Jay Levitt (August 27, 1943[1] – October 24, 2009)[2] was an American mathematician at Rutgers University.
Education
Levitt was born in The Bronx and received a bachelor's degree from Harvard College in 1963.[3] He received a PhD from Princeton University in 1967.[2]
Work
Levitt was best known for his criticism of "the academic Left"—the
Higher Superstition is cited as having inspired the Sokal affair.[5]
Bibliography
- 1989 Grassmannians and the Gauss Maps in Piecewise-Linear Topology
- 1994 Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels With Science (with Paul R. Gross)
- 1997 The Flight from Science and Reason
- 1999 Prometheus Bedeviled: Science and the Contradictions of Contemporary Culture[2]
References
- ^ Norman Levitt dies, National Center for Science Education, October 29, 2009, retrieved October 31, 2009
- ^ a b c d Shermer, Michael (2009-10-26). "Farewell to Norman Jay Levitt (1943–2009)". eSkeptic. The Skeptics Society. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ Pasachoff, Jay M. (January–February 2010), "Norm Levitt: An Obituary", Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 34, no. 1, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, retrieved November 23, 2009
- Skeptic. 6 (3). The Skeptics Society.
- ^ Derbyshire, Stuart (October 2009), Farewell, Norman Levitt, The Spiked Review of Books, archived from the original on November 6, 2009, retrieved October 31, 2009
Further reading
- Dawkins, Richard (2009-10-26). "Norman Levitt (1943–2009)". RichardDawkins.net. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
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