Harold Levine

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Harold I. Levine was an American mathematician who was professor at Stanford University. He specialized in wave motion and optics. [1]

Levine was born in New York City. After he graduated from the City College of New York, he earned a Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University. In 1954, he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. [2] Levine died on December 10, 2017 at the age of 95. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Department of Mathematics - Stanford University". math.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 2006-12-05.
  2. "All Fellows - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  3. Harold Levine
  4. Harold Levine Books

Harold Levine at the Mathematics Genealogy Project