Klaus Hentschel's
Teaching in History and Philosophy of Science at the Universities of Hamburg
(1990/91, 2003), Goettingen (1991-2002), and in History of Science &
Technology at the University of Stuttgart (since 2005)
LECTURE SERIES with accompanying SEMINARS conducted to
date
- WS 1997/98: History of
Optics (antiquity to late 19th century)
- SS 1998: History of
theories and experiments on heat, thermodynamics, and statistical
mechanics (early modern period to early 20th century)
- WS 1998/99: History of
Quantum Theory and Quantum Mechanics (including radiation theory in the
19th century and issues of philosophical interpretation of quantum
mechanics)
- SS 1999: Introduction to
the Historiography of Science (including accompanying practice sessions
with practical introduction into the various methods)
- WS 1999/2000: Aspects of
the Scientific Revolution
- SS 2000: Models and
Patterns of Historical Development in the History of Science
- WS 2000/2001: Introduction
to the Methods of History of Science (including practice sessions).
- SS 2001: On the relation of
experimentation, scientific instrument development, and theory
construction (systematic survey combined with historical case studies).
- WS 2001/2002: History of
Physics in the 20th Century
- SS 2003: Changes in the
Foundations of the Exact Sciences during the Lifetime of Ernst
Cassirer (1879-1945) [lecture series as Ernst Cassirer guest professor at
the University of Hamburg]
- WS2005/06: History of the
sciences and technology in the early modern period: aspects of the
'scientific revolution' [lecture series with accompanying seminar
as substitute prof. for history of science and technology at the history
dept. of the University of Stuttgart]
- WS 2006/07: History of
science and technology in the 19th century, lecture series with
accompanying seminar as full professor for history of science and
technology at the University of Stuttgart
- SS 2007: History of science
and technology in the 20th century, lecture series with accompanying
seminar
- WS 2007/08: The roots of
science and technology in Antiquity (ditto)
- SS 2008: History of science
and technology in the Middle Ages (”)
SEMINAR SERIES conducted since 1990
- Ernst Mach: physiology, physics, and
philosophy
- Albert Einstein
- Physics and National
Socialism
- Theory and experiment: Case
Studies and Systematic Analysis
- Symmetries in physics
- History of astrophysics
- Introduction to the
methodology of history of science
- History of quantum theory
and quantum mechanics
- Models of the development
of the history of science
- Niels Bohr: Physics,
Philosophy and Politics
- Mathematics and Physics in
the 19th and Early 20th Century (together with Erhard Scholz)
- Controversies in Science
- History of the Principle of
Energy Conservation
- Rhetorics in Science
(together with William Clark)
- History of Relativity
Theory and of its Experimental Tests
- Quantum Theory and its
Experimental Tests
- History of Atomism
- New Trends in History of
Science
- History of Optics
- Discoveries in physics
shortly before the turn of the century (X-rays, Zeeman effect, electron
and radioactivity),
- Effects of reunification on
East-German universities and research institutions (together with Sonja
Brentjes),
- The artist-engineer
Leonardo da Vinci,
- History of scientific
photography in the 19th century.
- The interplay of scientific
instrumentation, experimentation, and theory formation: historical case
studies and systematic analyses [Hauptseminar conducted as Ernst-Cassirer
guest professor at the Univ. of Hamburg in the summer term of 2003]
- Niels Bohr: Physics,
Philosophy and Politics [at the univ. of Stuttgart as substitute chair for
history of science and technology in the winter term 2005/06]
- Models and case studies on
the relationship of science and technology, Winter term 2006/07 (from here
on everything at the Univ. of Stuttgart)
- Leonardo da Vinci and other
artist-engineers from the Renaissance, Summer term 2007,
- Excursion (with 20 students
and Beate Ceranski as co-organizer) to Bologna, Florence and Pisa (October
1-8th , 2007)
- Project seminar on the
preparation of a historical guide through the Campus of the University of
Stuttgart, SS 2007 and SS 2008
- Analogies in the history of
science and technology, Winter term 2007/08
- Interviews of scientists
and engineers, seminar with accompanying tutorium, SS 2008
- Obserseminar for advanced
students, graduates and postdocs at
the university of Stuttgart (together with Beate Ceranski), since WS
2005/06
- Main Organizer of Dialogo,
a colloquium series for history of science & technology, with speakers
from abroad, since WS 2006/07
ADDRESS
Mail: KH, Historisches
Institut, Abt. GNT,
(Keplerstr. 17, 10. Stock), currently: Heilbronner Str. 7
D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany
E-Mail: Klaus.Hentschel@po.hi.uni-stuttgart.de
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