Thomas Levenson

Author of "the Hunt for Vulcan"

Thomas Levenson is a professor at MIT and head of its science writing program. He is the author of several books, including Einstein in Berlin and Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World’s Greatest Scientist. His most recent book, The Hunt for Vulcan, is now available for order in paperback.

He has also made ten feature-length documentaries (including a two-hour Nova program on Einstein) for which he has won numerous awards.

PRAISE FOR "A HUNT FOR VULCAN"

“Delightful . . . a charming tale about an all-but-forgotten episode in science history.”—The Wall Street Journal
 
“Engaging . . . At heart, this is a story about how science advances, one insight at a time. But the immediacy, almost romance, of [Thomas] Levenson’s writing makes it almost novelistic.”—The Washington Post
 
“Captures the drama of the tireless search for this celestial object.”—Science
 

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