Floris Cohen
Hendrik Floris Cohen (born July 1, 1946 in Haarlem , Netherlands ) is a Dutch historian of science who is particularly concerned with the history of natural science .
Life
From 1970 Cohen studied history at the University of Leiden in the field of social economics and as a minor in history of natural science. In 1974 he received his doctorate with the thesis Om het verneuwing van het socialisme. De politieke oriëntatie van de Nederlandse sociaal-democratie 1919 - 1930 (On the renewal of socialism . The political orientation of the Dutch social democracy 1919 - 1930), on the efforts of the Dutch social democracy after renewal in the first decade after the First World War.
From 1975 to 1982 Cohen was employed as a research assistant (curator) at the Museum Boerhaave in Leiden . From 1982 to 2001 he was a professor for the history of natural science at the University of Twente .
From 1984 to 1991, Cohen's articles on science and universities appeared regularly in the Dutch daily Trouw . The University of Utrecht appointed him Professor of Comparative History of Natural Science.
Floris Cohen is the older brother of Job Cohen, who was in office until 2010, and the son of the historian Dolf Cohen .
Publications (selection)
- 1974: Om de vernieuwing van het socialisme. De politieke orientatie van de Nederlandse sociaal-democratie, 1919-1930 , Universitaire Pers Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands.
- 1975: De strijd om de accademie: De Leidse universiteit op zoek naar een bestuursstruktuur (1967–1971) . Uitgevereij Boom, Meppel.
- 1984: Quantifying Music: The Science of Music at the First Stage of the Scientific Revolution, 1580 - 1650 , Reidel (since 2004 Springer), Dordrecht ISBN 90-277-1637-4 .
- 1994: The Scientific Revolution. A Historiographical Inquiry , University of Chicago Press , Chicago ISBN 0-226-11280-2 .
- 2007: De herschepping van der wereld. Het ontstaan van de moderne natuurwetenschap verklaard , Bert Bakker, Amsterdam
- 2010: The second creation of the world , translated by Andreas Ecke and Gregor Seferens , Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main / New York ISBN 978-3-593-39134-2 .
- 2010: Isaac Newton en het ware weten (Isaak Newton and the true knowledge), Bert Bakker, Amsterdam ISBN 978-90-351-3454-6 .
- 2010: How Modern Science Came Into the World. Four Civilizations, One 17th Century Breakthrough , Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam ISBN 978-90-8964-239-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Floris Cohen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of the author
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cohen, Floris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cohen, Hendrik Floris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch science historian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haarlem |