Research Interests:
History and philosophy of modern physics.
Current Work:
History of analytic mechanics, quantum theory and statistical mechanics. History of the interpretation debates about quantum mechanics.
Curriculum Vitae:
2013 - 2016
DFG project: The Finale of Antiquity: The Analytic Turn of Classical Mechanics.
Member of the DFG Collaborative Research Group 644: Transformations of Antiquity.
2012 - 2015
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.
Projekte
Selected Publications
Lehner, C., & Wendt, H. (2015). Mechanik in der Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes. Berlin: Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte.
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Janssen, M., & Lehner, C. (
Read MoreEds. ). (2014). The Cambridge companion to Einstein. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Lehner, C. (2014). Einstein's realism and his critique of quantum mechanics. In M. Janssen, & C. Lehner (
Read MoreEds. ), The Cambridge companion to Einstein (pp. 306-353). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Katzir, S., Lehner, C., & Renn, J. (
Read MoreEds. ). (2013). Traditions and transformations in the history of Quantum Physics: HQ-3 Third International Conference on the History of Quantum Physics, Berlin, June 28 - July 2, 2010. Berlin: Edition Open Access.
Lehner, C., Renn, J., & Schemmel, M. (
Read MoreEds. ). (2012). Einstein and the changing worldviews of physics. Boston [u.a.]: Birkhäuser.
Lehner, C. (2011). Mathematical foundations and physical visions: Pascual Jordan and the field theory program. In K.-H. Schlote, & M. Schneider (
Read MoreEds. ), Mathematics meets physics: a contribution to their interaction in the 19th and the first half of the 20th century (pp. 271-293). Frankfurt am Main: Deutsch.
Joas, C., & Lehner, C. (2009). The classical roots of wave mechanics: Schrödinger's transformations of the optical-mechanical analogy. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 40(4), 338-351.
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Joas, C., Lehner, C., & Renn, J. (
Read MoreEds. ). (2008). HQ-1: Conference on the History of Quantum Physics (Vols. I & II). Berlin: Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte.
Lehner, C. (2005). Einstein and the principle of general relativity, 1916-1921. In A. J. Kox, & J. Eisenstaedt (
Read MoreEds. ), The universe of general relativity (pp. 103-108). Boston [u.a.]: Birkhäuser.
Lehner, C. (2010). O realismo de Einstein e sua crítica da Mecânica Quântica. In O. Freire Jr., O. Pessoa Jr., & J. L. Bromberg (
Read MoreEds. ), Teoria Quântica: estudos históricos e implicações culturais (pp. 181-228). Campina Grande: Editora da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba; Livraria da física.
Freire, O., & Lehner, C. (2010). 'Dialectical materialism and modern physics,' an unpublished text by Max Born. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, 64(2), 155-162.
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Lehner, C., Renn, J., & Schemmel, M. (
Read MoreEds. ). (2012). Einstein and the changing worldviews of physics. Boston [u.a.]: Birkhäuser.
Presentations, Talks, & Teaching Activities
HQ4. Fourth Conference on History of Quantum Physics. Donostia-San Sebastián (Spain)
The Conceptual Development of Quantum Physics: Seven Pines Symposium XVII, Minnesota.
New Directions in the Foundations of Physics, Washington, DC.
HQ3. Third International Conference on the History of Quantum Physics. MPIWG, Berlin.