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Jed Z. Buchwald is Dryfuss Professor of History at Caltech. His publications include <i> The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light <i> and <i> The Creation of Scientific Effects: Heinrich Hertz and Electric Waves</i>.
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'''Jed Zachary Buchwald''' is Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History at [[Caltech]]. He was previously director of the [[Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology]] at [[MIT]]. He won a [[MacArthur Fellowship]] in 1995 and was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Jed+Buchwald&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-03-31|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>

==Education==
Buchwald graduated from [[Harvard University]] with a Ph.D. in 1974, under supervision of {{ill|Erwin Hiebert|fr}}.<ref>{{url|https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Hiebert_doctoral_students}}</ref><ref name=AIP_interview>{{url|https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/46513}}</ref> His dissertation was entitled ''Matter, the Medium, and the Electrical Current: A History of Electricity and Magnetism from 1842 to 1895''.<ref name=phd>
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==Works==
Buchwald's publications include several full books and edited history-of-science essay collections:

* 1985 – ''From Maxwell to Microphysics: Aspects of Electromagnetic Theory in the Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century''
* 1989 – ''The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light: Optical Theory and Experiment in the Early Nineteenth Century''
* 1993 – ''Einstein Papers Project'' Vol. 3 (one of nine contributing editors)
* 1994 – ''The Creation of Scientific Effects: Heinrich Hertz and electric waves''
* 1995 – ''Scientific Practice: Theories and Stories of Doing Physics'' (editor)
* 1996 – ''Scientific Credibility and Technical Standards in 19th and Early 20th Century Germany and Britain'' (editor)
* 2000 – ''Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy'' (editor, with [[I. Bernard Cohen]])
* 2001 – ''Histories of the Electron: The Birth of Microphysics'' (editor, with Andrew Warwick)
* 2005 – ''Wrong for the Right Reasons'' (editor, with [[Allan Franklin]])
* 2010 – ''The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy Over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate Over Religion and Science'' (with [[Diane Greco Josefowicz]])
* 2012 – ''Newton and the Origin of Civilization'' (with [[Mordechai Feingold]])
* 2020 – ''The Riddle of the Rosetta: How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs'' (with Diane Greco Josefowicz)

Buchwald is also the general editor of the book series ''Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology'' and of the book series ''Archimedes: New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology'', as well as managing editor of the book series ''Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and the Physical Sciences''. Buchwald, together with [[Jeremy Gray]], serves as editor-in-chief of the Springer journal ''[[Archive for History of Exact Sciences]]''.

==Personal life==
Buchwald's wife [[Diana L. Kormos-Buchwald]] is the director of the [[Einstein Papers Project]] at Caltech.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.hss.caltech.edu/people/jed-z-buchwald Buchwald's home page] at Caltech's Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
* [https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/46513 Oral history interview transcript for Jed Buchwald on 29 July 2020, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives]
* [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/3217_newton.html Newton's Dark Secrets], ''NOVA'' show on which Buchwald is one of the historians discussing Newton's life and work

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Jed Z. Buchwald
J. Buchwald in 2009.
Alma materPrinceton University (BA)
Harvard University (MA)
Harvard University (PhD)
SpouseDiana L. Kormos-Buchwald
Scientific career
FieldsHistory of science, philosophy of science
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology
ThesisMatter, the Medium, and the Electrical Current: A History of Electricity and Magnetism from 1842 to 1895 (1974)
Doctoral advisorErwin Hiebert [fr]

Jed Zachary Buchwald is Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History at Caltech. He was previously director of the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology at MIT. He won a MacArthur Fellowship in 1995 and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2011.[1]

Education

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Buchwald graduated from Harvard University with a Ph.D. in 1974, under supervision of Erwin Hiebert [fr].[2][3] His dissertation was entitled Matter, the Medium, and the Electrical Current: A History of Electricity and Magnetism from 1842 to 1895.[4]

Works

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Buchwald's publications include several full books and edited history-of-science essay collections:

  • 1985 – From Maxwell to Microphysics: Aspects of Electromagnetic Theory in the Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century
  • 1989 – The Rise of the Wave Theory of Light: Optical Theory and Experiment in the Early Nineteenth Century
  • 1993 – Einstein Papers Project Vol. 3 (one of nine contributing editors)
  • 1994 – The Creation of Scientific Effects: Heinrich Hertz and electric waves
  • 1995 – Scientific Practice: Theories and Stories of Doing Physics (editor)
  • 1996 – Scientific Credibility and Technical Standards in 19th and Early 20th Century Germany and Britain (editor)
  • 2000 – Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy (editor, with I. Bernard Cohen)
  • 2001 – Histories of the Electron: The Birth of Microphysics (editor, with Andrew Warwick)
  • 2005 – Wrong for the Right Reasons (editor, with Allan Franklin)
  • 2010 – The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy Over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate Over Religion and Science (with Diane Greco Josefowicz)
  • 2012 – Newton and the Origin of Civilization (with Mordechai Feingold)
  • 2020 – The Riddle of the Rosetta: How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs (with Diane Greco Josefowicz)

Buchwald is also the general editor of the book series Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology and of the book series Archimedes: New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, as well as managing editor of the book series Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and the Physical Sciences. Buchwald, together with Jeremy Gray, serves as editor-in-chief of the Springer journal Archive for History of Exact Sciences.

Personal life

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Buchwald's wife Diana L. Kormos-Buchwald is the director of the Einstein Papers Project at Caltech.

References

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  1. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  2. ^ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Hiebert_doctoral_students
  3. ^ www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/46513
  4. ^ Buchwald, Jed (1974). Matter, the medium, and the electrical current: a history of electricity and magnetism from 1842 to 1895 (Ph.D.). Harvard University. OCLC 12779717.
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