Norman Levitt

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]

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

1. ^ 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 
2. ^ ^{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. 
3. ^ 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 
4. ^ 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 

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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