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Chicago Humanities Festival

Peter Galison: Frontiers in Technology’s History

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  • ABOUT Peter Galison

    Harvard University professor and historian of science Peter Galison was named a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow in 1997; in 1999, he was a winner of the Max Planck Prize given by the Max Planck Gesellschaft and Humboldt Stiftung. Galison received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in both physics and the history of science in 1983.

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As one of the world’s premier historians of science, Harvard University professor Peter Galison has made his mark exploring rare moments of collision and convergence. Author of Einstein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s Maps: Empires of Time among many other books, he has investigated the philosophy of microphysics, the social underpinnings of the theory of relativity, the development of the hydrogen bomb and the modern secrecy system, the logic of scientific experimentation, and the surprisingly contentious history of objectivity. What’s next? Join him for a tour of the latest frontiers.

This program is generously underwritten by Judy and Mickey Gaynor and Jerry Newton and David Weinberg.

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