Born in Bad Nauheim, Hentschel from 1979 to 1985 studied physics, philosophy, science, history and musicology at the University of Hamburg. He completed his studies in philosophy in 1985 with the master's examination, and a study in physics in 1987. After some studies in the United States, among others in Boston on a DAAD, he in 1989 received his PhD at the University of Hamburg. His thesis was entitled "Interpretationen und Fehlinterpretationen der speziellen und der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie durch Zeitgenossen Albert Einsteins" (Interpretations and misinterpretations of the special and general relativity theory by Albert Einstein's contemporaries).
After graduation Hentschel participated in a research project by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft on epistemic modal logic. In 1991 he was appointed assistant professor at the Institute for the History of Science of the University of Göttingen. In 1995 he obtained his habilitation in Hamburg with the thesis, entitled "Zum Zusammenspiel von Instrument, Experiment und Theorie. Rotverschiebung im Sonnenspektrum und verwandte spektrale Verschiebungseffekte von 1880 bis 1960." (About the interaction of instruments, experiment and theory. The shift in the solar spectrum, and related spectral shift effects from 1880 to 1960).
In the year 1995/1996 Klaus Hentschel was Fellow at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology of Bern Dibner, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). From 1996 to 2002 he was successively Assistant Professor at the Institute for the History of Science at the University of Göttingen, visiting scholar at MIT, and Visiting Professor at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hamburg. From 2003 to 2005 he worked with a research grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft at the University of Bern and 2005/2006 at the University of Stuttgart in the Department of History of Science and Technology.
In 2006 Hentschel got a call for a Professorship at the University of Halle-Wittenberg for a period of five years in the field of comparative history of science which he declined. In the same year he was appointed Professor at the University of Stuttgart, where he chairs the Department of History of Science and Technology in the History department since 2006.
Prizesedit
1989: Kurt-Hartwig-Siemers Science-Prize of the University of Hamburg
1992: Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize of the German Federal Ministry of Science & Education
1993: Paul-Bunge-Prize for the history of instrumentation, granted by the German Bunsen Society and the Society of German Chemists (GDCh)
1998: Marc-Auguste-Pictet-Prize of the Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève in Geneva
1999: Georg-Uschmann-Prize for History of Science of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
2017: Neu-Whitrow-Prize of the Commission on Bibliography and Documentation, International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science for his international Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450-1950 (DSI)
Memberships in Academiesedit
2004: Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2005: Corresponding member of the Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences in Paris, Rom und Liège
2013: Full member (membre effectif) of the Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences
2015: Chairman of the Ruth Schmidt Stockhausen Stiftung for Visual Arts, Music and Poetry.
Selected publicationsedit
Hentschel, Klaus. Interpretationen und Fehlinterpretationen der speziellen und der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie durch Zeitgenossen Albert Einsteins. (1990).
Hentschel, Klaus. Der Einstein-Turm. Erwin F. Freundlich und die Relativitätstheorie. Ansätze zu einer ‚dichten Beschreibung‘ von institutionellen, biographischen und theoriengeschichtlichen Aspekten. Spektrum, Heidelberg 1992, ISBN3-86025-025-6 (Abstract in German). English edition: The Einstein tower, translated from the German by Ann M. Hentschel. Stanford University Press, Stanford, Californien 1997, ISBN0-8047-2824-0.[4]
Hentschel, Klaus, ed. Physics and national socialism: An anthology of primary sources. Basel (Birkhäuser/Springer), 1996/2011 (= Science Networks, 18).
Hentschel, Klaus. Zum Zusammenspiel von Instrument, Experiment und Theorie. Hamburg (Kovac), 1998 (studies the interplay of scientific instrumentation, experimentation and theory development in the areas of redshift, spectroscopy and metrology).
Hentschel, Klaus. The Mental Aftermath: On the Mentality of German Physicists 1945-1949. Oxford (Oxford Univ. Press), 2007.
Hentschel, Klaus. Mapping the Spectrum-Techniques of Visual Representation in Research and Teaching. Oxford (Oxford Univ. Press), 2002.
Hentschel, Klaus. Visual Cultures of Science and Technology - A Comparative History. Oxford (Oxford Univ. Press), 2014.
Dan Greenberger, Klaus Hentschel and Friedel Weinert (eds.): Compendium of Quantum Physics. Concepts, Experiments, History and Philosophy. Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York (Springer) 2009.
Articles (a selection among more than 200):
Hentschel, Klaus. "Die Korrespondenz Einstein-Schlick: Zum Verhältnis der Physik zur Philosophie." Annals of Science 43.5 (1986): 475-488.
Hentschel, Klaus. Einstein's attitude towards experiments: Testing relativity theory 1907-1927, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 23 [1992], pp. 593-624.
Hentschel, Klaus. "Erwin Finlay Freundlich and testing Einstein's theory of relativity." Archive for history of exact sciences 47.2 (1994): 143-201.
Hentschel, Klaus. Das Brechungsgesetz in der Fassung von Snellius. Rekonstruktion seines Entdeckungspfades und eine Übersetzung seines lateinischen Manuskriptes sowie ergänzender Dokumente, Archive for History of Exact Sciences 55 [2001], pp. 297-344.
Hentschel, Klaus. What history of science can learn from Michael Frayn's Copenhagen, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 27 [2002], pp. 211-216.
Hentschel, Klaus. Gauß, Meyerstein and Hanoverian metrology, Annals of Science 64,1 [2007], 41-72.
Hentschel, Klaus. Von der Materialforschung zur materials science, NTM International Journal of History & Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine, N.S. 19,1 [2011], pp. 5-40.
^Ryckman, Thomas. The Reign of Relativity: Philosophy in Physics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005.
^Stachel, John. "History of relativity." Twentieth century physics 1 (1995): 249-356.
^Renn, Jürgen (1998). "Review of The Einstein Tower: An Intertexture of Dynamic Construction, Relativity Theory and Astronomy by Klaus Hentschel". Physics Today. 51 (9): 62–64. doi:10.1063/1.882451.
External linksedit
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Klaus Hentschel born 4 April 1961 is a German physicist historian of science and professor He is the head of the University of Stuttgart s History of Science and Technology section of its History department 1 2 3 Klaus Hentschel 2010 in Jena Contents 1 Life and work 2 Prizes 3 Memberships in Academies 4 Selected publications 5 References 6 External linksLife and work editBorn in Bad Nauheim Hentschel from 1979 to 1985 studied physics philosophy science history and musicology at the University of Hamburg He completed his studies in philosophy in 1985 with the master s examination and a study in physics in 1987 After some studies in the United States among others in Boston on a DAAD he in 1989 received his PhD at the University of Hamburg His thesis was entitled Interpretationen und Fehlinterpretationen der speziellen und der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie durch Zeitgenossen Albert Einsteins Interpretations and misinterpretations of the special and general relativity theory by Albert Einstein s contemporaries After graduation Hentschel participated in a research project by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft on epistemic modal logic In 1991 he was appointed assistant professor at the Institute for the History of Science of the University of Gottingen In 1995 he obtained his habilitation in Hamburg with the thesis entitled Zum Zusammenspiel von Instrument Experiment und Theorie Rotverschiebung im Sonnenspektrum und verwandte spektrale Verschiebungseffekte von 1880 bis 1960 About the interaction of instruments experiment and theory The shift in the solar spectrum and related spectral shift effects from 1880 to 1960 In the year 1995 1996 Klaus Hentschel was Fellow at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology of Bern Dibner and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT From 1996 to 2002 he was successively Assistant Professor at the Institute for the History of Science at the University of Gottingen visiting scholar at MIT and Visiting Professor at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hamburg From 2003 to 2005 he worked with a research grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft at the University of Bern and 2005 2006 at the University of Stuttgart in the Department of History of Science and Technology In 2006 Hentschel got a call for a Professorship at the University of Halle Wittenberg for a period of five years in the field of comparative history of science which he declined In the same year he was appointed Professor at the University of Stuttgart where he chairs the Department of History of Science and Technology in the History department since 2006 Prizes edit1989 Kurt Hartwig Siemers Science Prize of the University of Hamburg 1992 Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize of the German Federal Ministry of Science amp Education 1993 Paul Bunge Prize for the history of instrumentation granted by the German Bunsen Society and the Society of German Chemists GDCh 1998 Marc Auguste Pictet Prize of the Societe de physique et d histoire naturelle de Geneve in Geneva 1999 Georg Uschmann Prize for History of Science of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina 2017 Neu Whitrow Prize of the Commission on Bibliography and Documentation International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science for his international Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450 1950 DSI Memberships in Academies edit2004 Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina 2005 Corresponding member of the Academie Internationale d Histoire des Sciences in Paris Rom und Liege 2013 Full member membre effectif of the Academie Internationale d Histoire des Sciences 2015 Chairman of the Ruth Schmidt Stockhausen Stiftung for Visual Arts Music and Poetry Selected publications editHentschel Klaus Interpretationen und Fehlinterpretationen der speziellen und der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie durch Zeitgenossen Albert Einsteins 1990 Hentschel Klaus Der Einstein Turm Erwin F Freundlich und die Relativitatstheorie Ansatze zu einer dichten Beschreibung von institutionellen biographischen und theoriengeschichtlichen Aspekten Spektrum Heidelberg 1992 ISBN 3 86025 025 6 Abstract in German English edition The Einstein tower translated from the German by Ann M Hentschel Stanford University Press Stanford Californien 1997 ISBN 0 8047 2824 0 4 Hentschel Klaus ed Physics and national socialism An anthology of primary sources Basel Birkhauser Springer 1996 2011 Science Networks 18 Hentschel Klaus Zum Zusammenspiel von Instrument Experiment und Theorie Hamburg Kovac 1998 studies the interplay of scientific instrumentation experimentation and theory development in the areas of redshift spectroscopy and metrology Hentschel Klaus The Mental Aftermath On the Mentality of German Physicists 1945 1949 Oxford Oxford Univ Press 2007 Hentschel Klaus Mapping the Spectrum Techniques of Visual Representation in Research and Teaching Oxford Oxford Univ Press 2002 Hentschel Klaus Visual Cultures of Science and Technology A Comparative History Oxford Oxford Univ Press 2014 Dan Greenberger Klaus Hentschel and Friedel Weinert eds Compendium of Quantum Physics Concepts Experiments History and Philosophy Dordrecht Heidelberg New York Springer 2009 Articles a selection among more than 200 Hentschel Klaus Die Korrespondenz Einstein Schlick Zum Verhaltnis der Physik zur Philosophie Annals of Science 43 5 1986 475 488 Hentschel Klaus Einstein s attitude towards experiments Testing relativity theory 1907 1927 Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 23 1992 pp 593 624 Hentschel Klaus Erwin Finlay Freundlich and testing Einstein s theory of relativity Archive for history of exact sciences 47 2 1994 143 201 Hentschel Klaus Das Brechungsgesetz in der Fassung von Snellius Rekonstruktion seines Entdeckungspfades und eine Ubersetzung seines lateinischen Manuskriptes sowie erganzender Dokumente Archive for History of Exact Sciences 55 2001 pp 297 344 Hentschel Klaus What history of science can learn from Michael Frayn s Copenhagen Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 27 2002 pp 211 216 Hentschel Klaus Gauss Meyerstein and Hanoverian metrology Annals of Science 64 1 2007 41 72 Hentschel Klaus Von der Materialforschung zur materials science NTM International Journal of History amp Ethics of Natural Sciences Technology and Medicine N S 19 1 2011 pp 5 40 References edit Klaus Hentschel publications indexed by Google Scholar Ryckman Thomas The Reign of Relativity Philosophy in Physics Oxford University Press Oxford 2005 Stachel John History of relativity Twentieth century physics 1 1995 249 356 Renn Jurgen 1998 Review of The Einstein Tower An Intertexture of Dynamic Construction Relativity Theory and Astronomy by Klaus Hentschel Physics Today 51 9 62 64 doi 10 1063 1 882451 External links editKlaus Hentschel University of Stuttgart Research Gate Profile von Klaus Hentschel with more than 200 downloadable publications Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Klaus Hentschel amp oldid 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