Bernadette Lessel
@bernalessel.bsky.social
Historian of physics, Postdoc @unibonn.bsky.social. Working on the history of general relativity and unified field theory, 📍Berlin
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The European Physical Journal H (EPJ H)
The European Physical Journal H (EPJ H). The purpose of this journal is to catalyse, foster, and disseminate an awareness and understanding of the historical development of ideas in contemporary physi...
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The history of physics journal EPJ H now explicitly invites submissions of tandem papers, i.e. articles co-authored by physicists and historians of physics 👉 epjh.epj.org/epjh-news/28...
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The next UPAC colloquium speaker session will be held tomorrow (4 Nov 2025, 15h30-17h00), we will be hosting Christian Röken [University of Bonn], who will give a talk on "Stationary Limit Surfaces of Black Holes". For more information, visit:
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
UPAC Colloquium
Learn more about the weekly, hybrid UPAC Colloquium series.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The next UPAC colloquium speaker session will be held tomorrow (4 Nov 2025, 15h30-17h00), we will be hosting Christian Röken [University of Bonn], who will give a talk on "Stationary Limit Surfaces of Black Holes". For more information, visit:
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
www.uu.nl/en/research/...
The Bonn History and Philosophy of Physics Research Seminar has started again! Reach out if you'd like to attend! 👇
October 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The Bonn History and Philosophy of Physics Research Seminar has started again! Reach out if you'd like to attend! 👇
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CFA: 100 Years of Quantum: Perspectives on its Past, Present, and Future - October 20–24, 2025 - @perimeterinstitute.ca, Waterloo, Canada
Abstract deadline is August 24, 2025
Details: events.perimeterinstitute.ca/event/1013/ (via Doreen Fraser) #HPS ⚛️
Abstract deadline is August 24, 2025
Details: events.perimeterinstitute.ca/event/1013/ (via Doreen Fraser) #HPS ⚛️
100 Years of Quantum: Perspectives on its Past, Present, and Future
In July 1925, Heisenberg published his paper on matrix mechanics, followed shortly thereafter (in early 1926) by Schrodinger’s paper on wave mechanics. As such, 2025 is the centenary of the modern qua...
events.perimeterinstitute.ca
August 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
CFA: 100 Years of Quantum: Perspectives on its Past, Present, and Future - October 20–24, 2025 - @perimeterinstitute.ca, Waterloo, Canada
Abstract deadline is August 24, 2025
Details: events.perimeterinstitute.ca/event/1013/ (via Doreen Fraser) #HPS ⚛️
Abstract deadline is August 24, 2025
Details: events.perimeterinstitute.ca/event/1013/ (via Doreen Fraser) #HPS ⚛️
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New book by alumnus Research Group Leader Alexander Blum and Martin Jähnert: "Die Anfänge der Quantenmechanik" 📕
The volume explores the #QuantumMechanics work of Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan, with detailed commentary that gives physics students access to their works.
🔗 bit.ly/qMt5 (GER)
#HistSci
The volume explores the #QuantumMechanics work of Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan, with detailed commentary that gives physics students access to their works.
🔗 bit.ly/qMt5 (GER)
#HistSci
August 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
New book by alumnus Research Group Leader Alexander Blum and Martin Jähnert: "Die Anfänge der Quantenmechanik" 📕
The volume explores the #QuantumMechanics work of Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan, with detailed commentary that gives physics students access to their works.
🔗 bit.ly/qMt5 (GER)
#HistSci
The volume explores the #QuantumMechanics work of Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan, with detailed commentary that gives physics students access to their works.
🔗 bit.ly/qMt5 (GER)
#HistSci
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On the 11th of July, the TU will host a workshop on philosophy of mathematics and epistemology. Details below. Speakers will be @guidotana.bsky.social, Nastasia Müller, Bernadette Lessel, @asgeirberg.bsky.social and me. All welcome!
www.tu.berlin/hpstl/verans...
www.tu.berlin/hpstl/verans...
Philosophy of Mathematics and Epistemology Workshop - TU Berlin
www.tu.berlin
June 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
On the 11th of July, the TU will host a workshop on philosophy of mathematics and epistemology. Details below. Speakers will be @guidotana.bsky.social, Nastasia Müller, Bernadette Lessel, @asgeirberg.bsky.social and me. All welcome!
www.tu.berlin/hpstl/verans...
www.tu.berlin/hpstl/verans...
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Wer schreibt jetzt die positive (nicht utopische) Zukunftsvision eines Europas, das sich in Elektrifizierung, Verteidigung, Humanismus und menschenwürdiger Migration so einig ist, dass es langfristig das attraktivste und stabilste Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmodell bietet und deshalb prosperiert?
March 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Wer schreibt jetzt die positive (nicht utopische) Zukunftsvision eines Europas, das sich in Elektrifizierung, Verteidigung, Humanismus und menschenwürdiger Migration so einig ist, dass es langfristig das attraktivste und stabilste Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmodell bietet und deshalb prosperiert?
The history of physics journal EPJ H now explicitly invites submissions of tandem papers, i.e. articles co-authored by physicists and historians of physics 👉 epjh.epj.org/epjh-news/28...
The European Physical Journal H (EPJ H)
The European Physical Journal H (EPJ H). The purpose of this journal is to catalyse, foster, and disseminate an awareness and understanding of the historical development of ideas in contemporary physi...
epjh.epj.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The history of physics journal EPJ H now explicitly invites submissions of tandem papers, i.e. articles co-authored by physicists and historians of physics 👉 epjh.epj.org/epjh-news/28...
Reposted by Bernadette Lessel
John A. Wheeler (1911-2008, APS 1951), a leading theoretical physicist and pioneer in the study of black holes, kept meticulous research notebooks. The 19 notebooks at APS are now digitized. Read this week's blog post from Joseph DiLullo to learn more. www.amphilsoc.org/news/new-dig...
New to the Digital Library: John Wheeler's Relativity Notebooks | American Philosophical Society
Header image: A page from Wheeler's notebook showing his famous diagram of a black hole.The Relativity Notebooks from the John Wheeler Papers are now digitized in their entirety and available to view ...
www.amphilsoc.org
February 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
John A. Wheeler (1911-2008, APS 1951), a leading theoretical physicist and pioneer in the study of black holes, kept meticulous research notebooks. The 19 notebooks at APS are now digitized. Read this week's blog post from Joseph DiLullo to learn more. www.amphilsoc.org/news/new-dig...
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📢Call for applications📢 for the interdisciplinary HPS PhD project "Continuities and discontinuities in understanding the origin of mass" jointly @unibonn.bsky.social and @uniofstandrews.bsky.social! Full advert here: history-of-maths.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/global-docto.... Deadline Feb 21.
Global Doctoral Scholarship – Bonn-StAndrews – History of Mathematics at St Andrews
history-of-maths.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
January 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📢Call for applications📢 for the interdisciplinary HPS PhD project "Continuities and discontinuities in understanding the origin of mass" jointly @unibonn.bsky.social and @uniofstandrews.bsky.social! Full advert here: history-of-maths.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/global-docto.... Deadline Feb 21.
📢Call for applications📢 for the interdisciplinary HPS PhD project "Continuities and discontinuities in understanding the origin of mass" jointly @unibonn.bsky.social and @uniofstandrews.bsky.social! Full advert here: history-of-maths.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/global-docto.... Deadline Feb 21.
Global Doctoral Scholarship – Bonn-StAndrews – History of Mathematics at St Andrews
history-of-maths.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
January 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📢Call for applications📢 for the interdisciplinary HPS PhD project "Continuities and discontinuities in understanding the origin of mass" jointly @unibonn.bsky.social and @uniofstandrews.bsky.social! Full advert here: history-of-maths.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/global-docto.... Deadline Feb 21.
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Flavio del Santo mentions guest editing work together with @bernalessel.bsky.social in his talk "The future of indeterminism looking at the past". #rcnp2025
January 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Flavio del Santo mentions guest editing work together with @bernalessel.bsky.social in his talk "The future of indeterminism looking at the past". #rcnp2025