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Paul Forman (born 1937) is an historian of science and is the retired curator of the Division of Medicine and Science at the National Museum of American History. Forman's primary research focus has been the history of physics, in which he has helped pioneer the application of cultural history to scientific developments.

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  • باول فورمان (بالإنجليزية: Paul Forman)‏ هو مؤرخ أمريكي، ولد في 1937. (ar)
  • Paul Forman (* 1937) ist US-amerikanischer Wissenschaftshistoriker und Kurator der Abteilung für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften am National Museum of American History. Formans Forschungsschwerpunkt ist die Geschichte der Physik, in der er mit den Weg dafür bereitete, kulturhistorische Methoden auf naturwissenschaftliche Entwicklungen anzuwenden. Forman ist promovierter Wissenschaftshistoriker. Seine frühen Arbeiten befassen sich mit den Wurzeln der Quantenmechanik in den Problemen der Theorie atomarer Spektren, zum Beispiel dem anomalen Zeemaneffekt. Ab 1972 arbeitete er am National Museum of American History der Smithsonian Institution, wo er 1975 Kurator wurde. Seit 1988 ist er Fellow der American Physical Society und seit 1997 der American Association for the Advancement of Science. (de)
  • Paul Forman (born 1937) is an historian of science and is the retired curator of the Division of Medicine and Science at the National Museum of American History. Forman's primary research focus has been the history of physics, in which he has helped pioneer the application of cultural history to scientific developments. Forman is especially known for two controversial historical theses. The first (often called "the Forman thesis") regards the influence of German culture on early interpretations of quantum mechanics; Forman argued that the culture of Weimar Germany, through its emphasis on acausality, individuality and visualizability (Anschaulichkeit), contributed to the acceptance and interpretation of quantum mechanics. Forman's second thesis regards the influence of military funding on the character and course of scientific research; he argued that during World War II and the Cold War, the massive scale of defense-related funding prompted a shift in physics from basic to applied research, spurring considerable historical research on the effects of the military funding of science. Forman's recent work focuses on "characterization of the modern/postmodern transition in science, society, and culture." (en)
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  • 1937-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Forman at the 2007 History of Science Society meeting (en)
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  • Paul Forman (en)
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  • Historian of science (en)
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  • باول فورمان (بالإنجليزية: Paul Forman)‏ هو مؤرخ أمريكي، ولد في 1937. (ar)
  • Paul Forman (* 1937) ist US-amerikanischer Wissenschaftshistoriker und Kurator der Abteilung für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften am National Museum of American History. Formans Forschungsschwerpunkt ist die Geschichte der Physik, in der er mit den Weg dafür bereitete, kulturhistorische Methoden auf naturwissenschaftliche Entwicklungen anzuwenden. Seit 1988 ist er Fellow der American Physical Society und seit 1997 der American Association for the Advancement of Science. (de)
  • Paul Forman (born 1937) is an historian of science and is the retired curator of the Division of Medicine and Science at the National Museum of American History. Forman's primary research focus has been the history of physics, in which he has helped pioneer the application of cultural history to scientific developments. (en)
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  • باول فورمان (ar)
  • Paul Forman (de)
  • Paul Forman (en)
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