Newton received a bachelor 's degree from University of California , Santa Cruz in 1974 . In 1978 , while in prison , Newton met evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers after Newton applied to do a reading course with Trivers as part of a graduate degree in History of Consciousness at the University of California , Santa Cruz . He and Trivers became close friends , and they published an analysis of the role of flight crew self-deception in the 1982 crash of Air Florida Flight 90
Air Florida Flight 90
Air Florida Flight 90
Huey P. Newton