Ira N. Levine (February 12, 1937 – December 17, 2015) was an American author, scientist, professor and faculty member in the chemistry department at Brooklyn College.

In 1952, Levine was graduated with an honorary degree in chemistry and named as top scholastic honorary graduate in the College of Engineering and Science at Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering.

[4] In 1963, he was awarded a PhD in chemistry under the guidance of Professor E. Bright Wilson by Harvard University.

[2][5][1] He started his academic career at Brooklyn College in 1964 where he taught first-year courses in general chemistry as well as advanced courses in physical and quantum chemistry.

[9] His textbooks have been translated into many languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, and Spanish, and they have been used by many Chemistry departments in the US and elsewhere.