Richard Levins (1930-2016) was an American Marxist biologist, population geneticist, mathematical ecologist and philosopher of science who researched diversity in human populations. He was a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a long-time political activist, best known for his work on evolution and complexity in changing environments and on metapopulations. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Richard Levins (June 1, 1930, January 19, 2016) was a Marxist biologist, population geneticist, biomathematician, mathematical ecologist, zoologist and philosopher of science who researched diversity in human populations.
Associated With: Columbia University, Article text
They returned to New York in 1956, where he earned his PhD at Columbia University (awarded 1965).
Associated With: Harvard University, Article text
Until his death, he was a university professor at the Harvard T.H.
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