Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

The MPIWG in the Press 2008

  • "Science in Sketches": A report on the project "Knowledge in the Making"; MaxPlanckForschung, 4/2008
  • Hans-Jörg Rheinberger on the theory of evolution; Neue Zürcher Zeitung, December 28, 2008
  • On the conference "Ausstellungen als Ergebnis und als Initiator von Forschung", organized by the Research Network History of Scientific Objects; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung December 11, 2008
  • MPIWG guest researcher Olaf Engler on Einsteins relationship with philosophy; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 24, 2008 (with Hans-Jürgen Wendel)
  • On Hans-Jörg Rheinberger and historical epistemology; Göttinger Tageblatt, October 24, 2008
  • Report on the MPIWG Junior Research Group "Concepts and Modalities"; Max Planck Forschung, the science magazine of MPG, 3/2008
  • Review of Christof Windgätters and Thomas Brandstetter´s edited volume "Zeichen der Kraft"; DeutschlandRadio, November 10, 2008
  • Press report by the Humboldt University on the visit of the Hebrew University´s Einstein-Center to Berlin (in cooperation with the MPIWG), November 6, 2008
  • Review of Phillip von Hilger´s book "Kriegsspiele" on Literaturkritik.de
  • Guest scholar Manfred Laubichler on the state of the history of science; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 28, 2008
  • MPIWG postdoctoral-scholar Nicolas Langlitz on brain-doping; Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk, September 18, 2008
  • Omar W. Nasim on the international conference "What (Good) Is Historical Epistemology?"; The Reasoner, September 2008
  • Lorraine Daston, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Uljana Feest, and Thomas Sturm on historical epistemology; DeutschlandFunk, August 7, 2008.
  • Report on the international conference "What (Good) Is Historical Epistemology?"; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 29, 2008
  • Report on the genesis of modern quantum mechanics and on the joint research project of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the Fritz-Haber-Institut; Max Planck Forschung, the science magazine of MPG, 1/2008
  • Postdoctoral research fellow Christof Windgätter on publishing in psychoanalysis; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 9, 2008
  • Marcel Beyer on literature and science; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 15, 2008
  • Jürgen Kaube on the ascendancy of the history of science, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 15, 2008; and Julia Voss on the decline of the history of science; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 15, 2008
  • Jürgen Renn on Max Planck; DeutschlandRadio Kultur, April 23, 2008
  • Max Planck exhibition in Berlin: reports on Echo-Online on April 16, 2008 ; on SpektrumDirekt on April 23, 2008; in the Frankfurter Rundschau of April 17, 2008; in the Wiener Zeitung of April 18, 2008; in the Züricher Tagesanzeiger of April 24, 2008 and in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of May 6, 2008. In addition, Dieter Hoffmann on Max Planck's time in Berlin in the Tagesspiegel of April 23, 2008 ; and reviews of Dieter Hoffmann's biography of Max Planck in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of May 7, 2008 , in the Berliner Literaturkritik on September 16, 2008, on DeutschlandRadio Kultur on April 24, 2008, and in the Physik Journal on November 21, 2008
  • Interview with Thomas Sturm on perceptual illusions and the relationship between psychology and epistemology; website of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, May 2008
  • Jürgen Renn on Max Planck; DeutschlandRadio Kultur, April 23, 2008
  • Max Planck exhibition in Berlin: reviews of Dieter Hoffmann's biography of Max Planck; DeutschlandRadio Kultur April 24, 2008
  • Thomas Sturm on creativity in research; Hessischer Rundfunk April 24, 2008
  • The New York Times of 1.4.2008 about Mark Schiefsky and the Archimedes project.
  • Giordano-Bruno-Tage in Berlin: Reports on hpd-online on 19.2.2008, am 3.3.2008 und im Science Magazine am 14.3.2008 . Press Release by the Humboldt-Universität and article in the "Welt" of 2.3.2008 and the FAZ of 5.3.2008
  • Dieter Hoffmann reviews the new edition Max Planck. Ein Leben für die Wissenschaft 1858-1947 by John Heilbron: Physik Journal, März 2008 .
  • Reviews of the book "Historische Epistemologie. Zur Einführung" by Hans-Jörg Rheinberger in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung of 23.2.2008 in Literaturkritik No. 3, März 2008 and in the journal of reviews sehepunkte
  • "Objektivität" ("Objectivity") by Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison; review on Deutschlandradio Kultur, February 2, 2008
  • Interview with Lorraine Daston ("How to Think about Science" series by CBC Radio, Canada, 52 min, 24 MB)