Peter Louis Galison
AmericanHistorySciencePhilosophyb. 1955
Peter Galison is an American historian and philosopher of science, and a professor at Harvard University. His work often focuses on the history and philosophy of physics, exploring the intersection of experimentation, instrumentation, and theory. He has also produced several documentary films.
Awards
['MacArthur Grant', 'Max Planck Prize', 'Pfizer Award', 'Humboldt Stiftung Prize', 'Abraham Pais Award in the History of Physics']
Notable Works
['How Experiments End', 'Image and Logic: A Material Culture of Microphysics', "Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps", 'Objectivity']
