Harry R. Lewis

Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science

Maxwell Dworkin 237
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138

Voice (617)496-2424

FAX (617)495-2809

Email me at LEWIS "AT" HARVARD "DOT" EDU. Only my eyes see mail to this address.

I am on leave of absence from Harvard for the academic year 2012-2013.

Professor Steven Gortler is Director of Undergraduate Studies in Computer Science.

Recently Published:

What Is College For?

Baseball as a Second Language (NEW: 2012 election edition)

B2L Cover

Blown to Bits -- Excellence Without a Soul -- Hong Kong Lectures --Baseball as a Second Language (NEW: 2012 election edition)

The Hong Kong Lectures were delivered in January, 2011. Here are the ppts:
Civic Edcuation -- Approaches to General Education -- Future of Ignorance --Idea Economy

I blog sporadically about education, the digital explosion, and other topics of interest at my Bits and Pieces blog. This blog expands the subjects I had previously blogged at Blown to Bits, the site associated with the book of that name by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and myself.

 

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I will be on leave from Harvard during the academic year 2012-2013.

Full Curriculum Vitae

Brief Biography

Very Brief Biography (200 words)

Articles

Books

Op-Eds, Newsletters, and Committee Reports

Talks at Morning Prayers

Committees and Boards

PhDs I have supervised.

An almost complete list of all those who have been teaching fellows in my courses

A few articles written about me at the end of my deanship.

A few personal details about me and my family.