Christoph Lehner
Research Scholar
Ph.D.
Funded by the German-Israeli Foundation
Residence: January 1, 2004 - September 30, 2012
Profile
Research Interests:History and philosophy of modern physics.
Current Work:
Development of wave mechanics; quantum theory and statistical mechanics.
Curriculum Vitae:
2006 - 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
Freire, Olival; Lehner, Christoph. "'Dialectical materialism and modern physics,' an unpublished text by Max Born. " Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 64 (2 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)
Badino, Massimiliano; Borrelli, Arianna; Büttner, Jochen; Castagnetti, Giuseppe; Hoffmann, Dieter; Joas, Christian; Kant, Horst; Lehner, Christoph; Renn, Jürgen; Rieger, Simone; Schirrmacher, Arne; Schoepflin, Urs; Wazeck, Milena (Editor/s). Max Planck : Revolutionär wider Willen ; eine kleine Geschichte der Quantentheorie und ihres Begründers ; [eine Ausstellung der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Deutschen Technikmuseum Berlin anläßlich des 150. Geburtstages von Max Planck , 26.4.-5.10.2008]. Heidelberg: Spektrum der Wissenschaft Verlagsges., 2008.
Joas, Christian; Lehner, Christoph; Renn, Jürgen. HQ-1 : Conference on the history of quantum physics (Vol. I&II). Berlin: MPIWG, 2008.
Lehner, Christoph. "Einstein and the principle of general relativity, 1916-1921." In: The universe of general relativity, eds.: Kox, Anne J.; Eisenstaedt, Jean. Boston [u.a.]: Birkhäuser, 2005.
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