Norman Levitt
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Norman Jay Levitt (August 27, 1943[1]—October 24, 2009[2]) was a mathematician at Rutgers University. He was born in The Bronx and received a bachelors degree from Harvard College in 1963.[3] He received a PhD from Princeton University in 1967.[2] His book Higher Superstition is cited as having inspired the Sokal affair.[4]
[edit] 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]
[edit] References
- ^ Norman Levitt dies, National Center for Science Education, October 29, 2009, http://ncseprojects.org/news/2009/10/norman-levitt-dies-005121, retrieved October 31, 2009
- ^ a b c Shermer, Michael (2009-10-26). "Farewell to Norman Jay Levitt (1943–2009)". eSkeptic. The Skeptics Society. http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/09-10-26. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ Pasachoff, Jay M. (January / February 2010), "Norm Levitt: An Obituary", Skeptical Inquirer (Committee for Skeptical Inquiry) 34 (1), http://www.csicop.org/si/show/norm_levitt_an_obituary, retrieved November 23, 2009
- ^ Derbyshire, Stuart (October 2009), Farewell, Norman Levitt, The Spiked Review of Books, http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/7652/, retrieved October 31, 2009
[edit] External links
- Dawkins, Richard (2009-10-26). "Norman Levitt (1943-2009)". RichardDawkins.net. http://richarddawkins.net/article,4514,n,n. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- Bibliography of Norman Levitt
- Obituary of Norman Levitt
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