Richard Levins

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Mathematical ecologist, university professor at Harvard School of Public Health, and political activist, who is best known for his work on evolution in changing environments and on metapopulations.

United States AcademicsLived 1930 to 2016 · aged 85

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A Map of the Loop Current (refers to the oceanic phenomenon. For the electrical signaling schemes, see current loop. For the network analysis variable, see loop current).

Levins at HSPH Reception for his 85th birthday, May 21, 2015

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1996Edinburgh Medal

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About this person

Richard Levins was a Marxist biologist, population geneticist, biomathematician, mathematical ecologist, and philosopher of science who researched diversity in human populations. Until his death, he was a university professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a long-time political activist. He was best known for his work on evolution and complexity in changing environments and on metapopulations.

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