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词条 Maggie Lettvin
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  1. Books

  2. References

  3. External links

{{Infobox writer
| name = Maggie B. Lettvin
| birth_date = March 15, 1927
| birth_place = Philadelphia, PA
| occupation = writer and promoter of health and exercise
| language = English
| nationality = American
| subject = Health
}}

Margaret B. Lettvin is an American writer and promoter of exercise and health.[1] She was known in the Boston area in the 1970s for a PBS television show on WGBH-TV called Maggie and The Beautiful Machine,[2] and a book based on the show. After a serious car accident, she developed a set of exercises for back pain, which became Maggie's Back Book ({{ISBN|0395251478}}).

She is the widow of MIT Professor Emeritus Jerome Lettvin, with whom she served as houseparent of the MIT Bexley dorm.[3] They had three children: David, Ruth, and Jonathan.

Books

  • {{cite book | last=Lettvin | first=Maggie | title=The Beautiful Machine | date=1974 | location=New York | publisher=Ballantine Books | isbn=0-345242-53-X }}
  • {{cite book | last=Lettvin | first=Maggie | title=Maggie's Back Book: Healing the Hurt in Your Lower Back | date=1976 | location=Boston | publisher=Houghton Mifflin | isbn=0-395248-98-1 }}
  • {{cite book | last=Lettvin | first=Maggie | title=Maggie's Woman's Book: Her Personal Plan for Health and Fitness for Women of Every Age | date=1980 | location=Boston | publisher=Houghton Mifflin | isbn=0-395294-72-X }}
  • {{cite book | last=Lettvin | first=Maggie | title=Maggie's Food Strategy Book: Taking Charge of Your Diet for Lifelong Health and Vitality | date=1987 | location=Boston | publisher=Houghton Mifflin | isbn=0-395379-83-0 }}

References

1. ^{{cite journal| journal = Sports Illustrated| url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1089885/5/index.htm | title = Beating Their Brains Out| author = John Underwood| date = May 26, 1975| quote = In the wrestling and fencing rooms, faculty and students submitted themselves to Maggie Lettvin for overhauls. Maggie is svelte, black-haired and 48, "The Beautiful Machine" of Boston educational television. Her roly-poly husband is an MIT biology and electrical engineering professor.| accessdate = 24 May 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web| url=http://wgbhalumni.org/2000/01/01/wgbh-programs-to-2000/ |title=WGBH Program list — to 2000 |publisher=WGBHalumni.org |accessdate=2011-05-24}}
3. ^{{ cite news | last=Burtoff | first=Barbara | date=December 27, 1978 | title=Just a Simple Brunch for 120 College Men | publisher=The New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/27/archives/just-a-simple-brunch-for-120-college-men.html | access-date=May 23, 2017}}

External links

  • Maggie Lettvin on Facebook
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