Friedrich Steinle

Friedrich Steinle (born April 16, 1957 in Mühlacker ) is a German science historian . Since 2009 he has been professor for the history of science at the Technical University of Berlin .

Life

Steinle studied physics in Karlsruhe from 1976 to 1982; In 1990 he received his doctorate in "History of Natural Sciences" at the University of Tübingen . Between 1990 and 1998 he worked in various areas of science, including a research assistant, a DFG third-party funded project and finally a DFG habilitation scholarship at the Philosophical Seminar of the University of Göttingen . In 1994/1995 he was a DAAD research fellow at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (MSH), Paris. In 1998/1999 Steinle was a Senior Fellow at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Between 1999 and 2004 he was a research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science , and from 2002 he was employed there in a third-party funded project that was funded by the Thyssen Foundation. In 2000 he completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Berlin in the subject “History and Philosophy of Natural Sciences.” After substitute professorships at the University of Bern and the University of Stuttgart , he was professor for the history of science and technology at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal from 2004 to 2009 . Since the winter semester 2009 he has been professor for the history of science at the TU Berlin.

Memberships in academies

• 2011 member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature , Mainz
• 2005 member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , Halle / Saale

Prizes and awards

• 2001 Award of the German Society for the History of Medicine, Natural Sciences and Technology (DGGMNT)

Research priorities

• "History and philosophy of the experiment, in particular
  • Concept formation in an experimental context
  • Studies of experimental research practice from an epistemological perspective
  • History of reflections on the experiment
• Mathematization of empirical research fields
• Electricity research in the 18th and 19th centuries
• Color research in the 18th and 19th centuries
• Methodological terms in the early modern period (natural law, fact ...)
• New perspectives on the relationship between the philosophy of science and the history of science
• Interaction of the history / philosophy of science with current areas of physics "

Publications (selection)

• Exploratory experiments: Ampère, Faraday, and the origins of electrodynamics. Habilitation thesis . Steiner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-515-08185-2 .
• Newton's design "About Gravitation ...": a piece of the history of the development of his mechanics. Dissertation . Steiner, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-515-05715-3 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Friedrich Steinle in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Friedrich Steinle at the TU Berlin
• Friedrich Steinle's curriculum vitae at the Leopoldina, PDF
• Page about Friedrich Steinle at the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ member entry by Friedrich Steinle at the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz , accessed on 11.06.17
2. ^ Member entry by Friedrich Steinle (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 22, 2016.
3. ↑ see Steinle's homepage at Wissensforschung.tu-berlin.de