Helge Kragh
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| Institutions | Aarhus University, Denmark |
Helge Stjernholm Kragh (born February 13, 1944) is a Danish
historian of science who focuses on the development of 19th century physics, chemistry, and astronomy.[1]
His published work includes biographies of Julius Thomsen and Ludvig Lorenz, and The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology (2019) which he co-edited with Malcolm Longair.[1]
Biography
Kragh studied physics and chemistry at the
University of Aarhus in 2007.[2]
Kragh was an associate professor of history of science at Cornell University from 1987 to 1989, a professor at the University of Oslo from 1995 to 1997, and a professor at Aarhus University in Denmark from 1997 to 2015.[2]
As of 2015 he retired, becoming emeritus professor at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen.[2] He is also a professor emeritus at the Centre for Science Studies of Aarhus University.[3]
Kragh's areas of study are the
northern lights.[3]
Honors and awards
- 2019, Roy G. Neville Prize for Julius Thomsen: A Life in Chemistry and Beyond (2016), Science History Institute[1][4]
- 2019,
- President, European Society for the History of Science 2008–2010[6][7]
- Member, Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences (corresponding member since 1995, full member since 2005)[8]
- Member, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters[9]
Selected writings
- Julius Thomsen: A Life in Chemistry and Beyond (2016)[1]
- Ludvig Lorenz: A Nineteenth-Century Theoretical Physicist (2018)[1]
- The Weight of the Vacuum (2014)[7]
- Masters of the Universe (2015)[7]
- Varying Gravity: Dirac’s Legacy in Cosmology and Geophysics (2016)[7]
- ISBN 0521017564
- Quantum Generations: A History of Physics in the Twentieth Century. Princeton University Press, 1999
- An introduction to the Historiography of Science. Cambridge University Press, 1987
- Matter and Spirit in the Universe: Scientific and Religious Preludes to Modern Cosmology. 2004
- Conceptions of Cosmos: From Myths to the Accelerating Universe: A History of Cosmology. Oxford University Press, 2006
- Cosmology and Controversy: The Historical Development of Two Theories of the Universe. Princeton University Press, 1999
- The Moon that wasn't – the saga of Venus' spurious satellite. Birkhäuser, 2008
- Den Sære Historie om Venus' Måne og Andre Naturvidenskabelige Fortællinger (The Strange History of Venus' Moon and Other Scientific Tales). ISBN 9788711984000[10]
- Entropic Creation: Religious Contexts of Thermodynamics and Cosmology. Ashgate, London 2008
- with David Knight, eds.: The Making of the Chemist: The Social History of Chemistry in Europe, 1789–1914. Cambridge University Press, 1998
- with Peter C. Kjargaard & Henry Nielsen: Science in Denmark – A Thousand-Year History. Aarhus University Press, 2009
- with Malcolm Longair, eds.: The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology. Oxford University Press, 2019
- Max Weinstein: Physics, Philosophy, Pandeism, History and Philosophy of Physics, 2019
- Foreword, , trans. Deborah Moss, 2021
- List of Kragh's publications up to 2015 at Aarhus University
References
- ^ a b c d e "Roy G. Neville Prize in Bibliography or Biography". Science History Institute. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics: Recipient Helge Kragh Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen". APS Physics. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "Academic staff". Centre for Science Studies Department of Mathematics Aarhus University. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "Roy G. Neville Prize awarded to Helge Kragh". Niels Bohr Archive. September 14, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "Professor Emeritus Helge Kragh receives the prestigeous [sic] Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics 2019". Niels Bohr Institute. May 29, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "Website of the ESHS". Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "Helge Kragh". International Academy of the History of Science. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ^ "Members". Videnskabernes Selskab (The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ^ Kragh, H., "Venus has no moon, yet this moon was discovered in the 1700s", ScienceNordic, June 3, 2020.
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