Christoph Lehner
Research Scholar
Ph.D.
Funded by the GIF and the DFG
Residence: January 1, 2004–December 31, 2014
Profile
Research Interests:History and philosophy of modern physics.
Current Work:
History of analytic mechanics; quantum theory and statistical mechanics; development of wave mechanics; history of quantum field theory.
Curriculum Vitae:
2013 - DFG project: The Analytic Turn of Classical Mechanics
2012 - German Israeli Foundation project: Probability in Classical and Quantum Mechanics
2006 - 2012 Coordinator, project on history and foundations of quantum physics.
2003 - 2005 Scientific Advisor, Exhibit “Einstein, Engineer of the Universe.”
2000 - 2003 Senior Research Fellow, Einstein Papers Project, California Institute of Technology.
1998 - 2000 Senior Assistant Editor, Einstein Papers Project, Boston University.
1997 - 1998 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
1997 Ph.D., Stanford University.
Selected publications
Lehner, Christoph; Renn, Jürgen; Schemmel, Matthias (Editor/s). Einstein and the changing worldviews of physics. Boston [u.a.]: Birkhäuser, 2012.
Lehner, Christoph. "Mathematical foundations and physical visions : Pascual Jordan and the field theory program." In: Mathematics meets physics : a contribution to their interaction in the 19th and the first half of the 20th century, eds.: Schlote, Karl-Heinz; Schneider, Martina. Frankfurt am Main: Deutsch, 2011.
Lehner, Christoph. "O realismo de Einstein e sua crítica da Mecânica Quântica." In: Teoria Quântica : estudos históricos e implicações culturais, eds.: Freire, Olival, Jr.; Pessoa, Osvaldo, Jr.; Bromberg, Joan Lisa. Campina Grande: Editora da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba ; Livraria da física, 2010.
Joas, Christian; Lehner, Christoph. "The classical roots of wave mechanics : Schrödinger's transformations of the optical-mechanical analogy. " Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 40 (4 2009)
Joas, Christian; Lehner, Christoph; Renn, Jürgen (Editor/s). HQ-1 : Conference on the history of quantum physics (Vol. I&II). Berlin: MPIWG, 2008.
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