Education
He arrived to the United States. during World World War II, completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 1944, and his Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Physics at Harvard University in 1949.
He arrived to the United States. during World World War II, completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 1944, and his Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Physics at Harvard University in 1949.
Doctor Loeb taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the early part of his career. His life"s work involved the articulation of a language of spatial patterns, which he refined while working as a research scientist at Kennecott Copper Company research laboratory in Lexington, Master of Arts from 1962 to 1973. He later taught at Harvard, where he was senior lecturer in the Visual and Environmental Studies Department.
His language, which he described as "Visual Mathematics" and "Design Science," led to lifelong collaboration with innovators such as R. Buckminster Fuller and Medical Corps Escher.
This reflected Doctor Loeb"s love for Renaissance music and its intricate patterns of dance. The Rhode Island School of Design carries a collection on design science in his name.