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Also known as Peter Louis Galison

American historian of science and physicist

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New York, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Peter Louis Galison (born 1955) is the Pellegrino University Professor in History of Science and Physics at Harvard University. Galison received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in both Physics and the History of Science in 1983. His publications include Image and Logic: A Material Culture of Microphysics (1997) and Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps:…

Known for

  • Black Hole Apocalypse — Self2018
  • Albert Einstein: l'homme et le génie — himself2015

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human
Given name
Peter
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Occupation
film director
Languages spoken
English language
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral advisor
Gerald Holton
Field of work
history of science
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date of birth
1955-05-17
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