Christian Forstner

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Christian Forstner (born June 10, 1975 in Regensburg ) is a German physicist and science historian.

biography

Forstner studied physics at the University of Regensburg and graduated with a diploma in 2002. At the Chair of General History of Science , he then started work on his dissertation on the history of quantum mechanics in the Cold War. After a four-month stay at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in 2005, he completed his doctorate in 2006 at the University of Regensburg. He then spent a year as a postdoc at the Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna , where he began his research on the history of nuclear research. From 2007 to 2017 he continued this work as a research assistant at the Ernst Haeckel House of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena . In June 2017, on the basis of this research, Forstner completed his habilitation at the University of Jena and received the license to teach the history of natural sciences. From April 2017 he worked as a research assistant in the Collaborative Research Center 1095 Discourses on Weaknesses and Resource Regimes at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main , later as a visiting researcher. Since September 2019 he has been researching the history of optical device construction as a Heisenberg Fellow at the University of Jena.

He has headed the Association for the History of Physics of the German Physical Society since 2011 and regularly organizes the Association's meetings. From 2009 to 2013 he was Vice President and Treasurer of the Commission for the History of Modern Physics of the International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science / Division for the History of Science . From 2008 until today he has been a liaison professor at the Hans Böckler Foundation . In addition, he participates in scientific life as a reviewer for numerous science history journals.

Publications (selection)

  • Nuclear Physics, Research Reactors and Atomic Energy: Transnational Knowledge Flows and the Failure of an Innovation in Austria. Springer-Spectrum Research, Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3-658-25446-9 .
  • with Götz Neuneck (ed.): Physics, Military and Peace. Physicist between arms research and the peace movement. Springer-Spectrum Research, Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3-658-20104-3 .
  • with Dieter Hoffman (Ed.): Physics in the Cold War. Contributions to the history of physics during the East-West conflict. Springer-Spectrum Research, Wiesbaden 2013, ISBN 978-3-658-01049-2 .
  • Physics and Dialectical Materialism. Guest editor of the Yearbook for European Scientific Culture 6 (2011)
  • Quantum Mechanics in the Cold War: David Bohm and Richard Feynman. GNT-Verlag, Diepholz 2007, ISBN 978-3-928186-81-0 . (Awarded the Georg Agricola Society's Young Talent Award 2007.)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ christian-forstner.de
  2. ↑ SFB 1095: SFB1095 - Discourses of Weaknesses and Resource Regimes - Dr. Christian Forstner. Retrieved August 15, 2017 .
  3. ^ Association of the History of Physics. Retrieved August 15, 2017 .
  4. ↑ christian-forstner.de
personal data
SURNAME Forstner, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist and historian of science
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg