Helge Kragh

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Helge Kragh, 2019

Helge Stjernholm Kragh (born February 13, 1944 ) is a Danish historian of science.

Kragh studied mathematics and physics at the University of Copenhagen and received his PhD from the University of Roskilde in 1981 . He was professor at the University of Aarhus , at the Center for Science Studies (Danish: Center for Videnskabsstudier ). Since 2015 he has been a professor at the University of Copenhagen.

He became known, among other things, through a biography of Paul Dirac . He is particularly concerned with the history of physics from around the mid-19th century, the history of astronomy, the history of cosmology (including relationships with religion) and the history of chemistry.

For 2019, Kragh was awarded the American Physical Society's Abraham Pais Prize .

Fonts

As an author

  • An introduction to the historiography of Science. Cambridge University Press, 1987, ISBN 0-521-33360-1 .
  • Dirac. A scientific biography. Cambridge University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-521-01756-4 .
  • Cosmology and Controversy. The historical development of two theories of the universe. Princeton University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-691-02623-8 .
  • Quantum Generations. A history of physics in the 20th century. Princeton University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-691-01206-7 .
  • Matter and Spirit in the Universe. Scientific and religious preludes to modern cosmology. Imperial College Press, London 2004, ISBN 1-86094-469-8 .
  • Conceptions of Cosmos. From myth to the accelerating universe. Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-920916-3 .
  • The moon that wasn't. The saga of Venus' spurious satellite. Birkhäuser, Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-7643-8908-6 .
  • Entropic Creation. Religious contexts of thermodynamics and cosmology. Ashgate, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-7546-6414-7 .
  • Masters of the Universe. Conversations with cosmologists of the past. Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-19-872289-2 .
  • Helge Kragh, James M. Overduin: The weight of the vacuum - a scientific history of dark energy. Springer, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-55089-8 .

As editor

  • with David Knight: The Making of the Chemist. The Social History of Chemistry in Europe, 1789-1914. Cambridge University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-521-58351-9 .
  • with Peter C. Kjargaard, Henry Nielsen and Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen: Science in Denmark. A thousand-year history. Aarhus University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-87-7934-317-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Kragh, Helge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kragh, Helge S .; Kragh, Helge Stjernholm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish science historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1944