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Jürgen Renn Receives the Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics

Jürgen Renn has received the American Physical Society's Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics, which recognizes outstanding scholarly achievements in the history of physics.

He earned the prize “for contributions to the historiography of modern and early modern science, in particular studies of Albert Einstein; and for contributing scholarship and taking public stances that directly raise the social relevance of science historiography.”