[act-ma] The Two Faces of Science - Talk by Richard Levins

[Paul Malachi Penchalapadu]

*HSPH Student Government  &  *
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*HealthRoots Political Economy of Health Seminar Series *

p r e s e n t


The Two Faces of Science

a talk by
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*Richard Levins  *
John Rock Professor of Population Sciences
Department of Global Health and Population
Harvard School of Public Health

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*opening remarks **by *
*John Quattrochi*
Doctoral Student, GHP


Wed. Oct 17th | 12: 30 PM
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*Kresge G - 2 *

Harvard School of Public Health
677 huntington ave boston


*Lunch will be provided*

Free and open to the Public

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*Science is a search for understanding and innovations; science is a
marketable commodity owned by somebody who sets the rules. Scientists are
seekers for truth; scientists are laborers in the theory mines.*
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Richard Levins is an ex-tropical farmer, ecologist, labor organizer,
mathematical biologist, activist, and philosopher of science. He
investigated birth defects caused by defoliants in Vietnam, pioneered in
ecology movement in Puerto Rico, organized Science for Vietnam, started the
Working Group on New and Resurgent Disease at HSPH, was active in
ecological agriculture in Cuba, is a member of the Cuban Academy of
Science. Authored Evolution in Changing Environments and with RC Lewontin,
The Dialectical Biologist and Biology Under the Influence. He currently
leads the unofficial ecology program at the HSPH. He has received awards
for teaching and mentoring at HSPH. He teaches Human Ecology (GHP 253) in
Fall 2 and the Ecology of Health in Development (GHP 520) in Spring 2.

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