Ulf Hashagen
Ulf Hashagen (* 1961 ) is a German science and technology historian.
Hashagen studied mathematics, physics and computer science at the University of Marburg and the University of Göttingen , where he obtained his mathematics diploma in 1989. He was then a member of the graduate college "Interrelationships between Science and Technology" at the Deutsches Museum in Munich and received his doctorate in the history of natural sciences at the University of Munich . From 1993 to 2000 he was curator and head of the main scientific department (computing devices, computers, mathematics) at the Heinz Nixdorf Museumsforum in Paderborn , where he was jointly responsible for the scientific conception and construction of the permanent exhibition on the cultural and technological history of information and communication technology. From 2001 to 2011, Hashagen was a research associate at the Research Institute for the History of Technology and Science at the Deutsches Museum. Since 2011 he has headed the Research Institute for the History of Technology and Science at the Deutsches Museum. He is also a private lecturer in the history of science and technology at the University of Munich.
He is primarily concerned with the history of mathematics and computer science in the 19th and 20th centuries, but also with the development of the German science system and the history of technical universities. Another area of work is the history of scientific and technical artifacts.
Fonts (selection)
- Walther von Dyck (1856–1934): Mathematics, technology and science organization at the TH Munich , Stuttgart: Steiner-Verlag, 2003,
- with Raúl Rojas (ed.): The First Computers - History and Architectures , Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 2000
- with Reinhard Keil-Slawik , Arthur Norberg (Eds.): History of Computing: Software Issues , Springer-Verlag, 2002 (International Conference on the history of computing, Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, April 2000)
- with Oskar Blumtritt, Helmuth Trischler (eds.): Circa 1903: Scientific and technical artefacts in the founding time of the Deutsches Museum . Munich: Deutsches Museum, 2003
- with Menso Folkerts , Rudolf Seising (Ed.): Form, number, order: studies on the history of science and technology. Ivo Schneider on the occasion of my 65th birthday , Stuttgart: Steiner-Verlag, 2004
- Johann Ludwig Neumann von Margitta . In: Informatik Spektrum Vol. 29, 2006, pp. 133, 227
Web links
- Literature by and about Ulf Hashagen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage at the Deutsches Museum
- Page at academia.edu
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| SURNAME | Hashagen, Ulf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German science historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |