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Fig. 1: Werner Heisenberg presenting his "Weltformel" at the 1958 Planck Centenary in West Berlin. Source: DPA.

 

People

Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program

Research Group Leader

Alexander Blum

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Service & Administrators

Editorial Assistant (1 Feb 2018-31 Jan 2025)

kmohelsky@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

RG Blum Group Photo 2021

Researchers

Research Group Leader (1 Nov 2017-31 Jan 2025)

PhD

MPRG Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program (MPFG Historische Epistemologie der Suche nach der Weltformel)

ablum@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (1 Feb 2023-31 Jan 2024)

The Origin Story at the End of the Universe: On the Problems of Modern Physical Cosmology

adesutter@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (1 Apr 2022-31 Jan 2024)

The Classical Age of Quantum Gravity: from Dirac to Wheeler

sfurlan@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

Visiting Scholar (1 Feb 2017-31 Jan 2025)

PhD

Stephen Hawking's Attempts to Unify Physics (1970s-2010s): A Contribution Toward the Year of Quantum Science

jaleon@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

Postdoctoral Fellow (1 Nov 2022-31 Oct 2023)

Dr.

The Role of Mathematics in the Final Theory Program

blessel@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (1 Dec 2022-30 Nov 2023)

Philip Anderson Against the Big Machines: And How Emergence Made its Way into Physics

ngargante@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

Visiting Scholar (1 May 2023-31 Jan 2025)

An analysis of the unusual physics creativity in India in the 1920s

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (1 Sep 2022-31 Jan 2023)

Effective Theories: Past, Present, and Beyond

srivat@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

Research Scholar (1 Feb 2018-31 Jan 2024)

Physics in Crisis: A Historical Analysis

pdolano@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (1 Sep 2023-31 Mar 2024)