Peter Galison

Peter Galison studied at Harvard University and Riverdale Country School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is philosophy of science and history of science. Employment is recorded with Harvard University, Stanford University Philosophy Department and Stanford University. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program, Max Planck Research Award and Pfizer Award.

• Name — Peter Galison • Birth Name — Peter Louis Galison • Education — Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD) • Workplaces — Stanford University Harvard University • Discipline — Philosophy of science, history • Sub Discipline — History of science, philosophy of science • Born — 17 May 1955 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Doctoral Advisor — Howard Georgi Erwin N. Hiebert • Doctoral Students — * Naomi Oreskes • Alex Wellerstein

Galison received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., in both physics and history of science, at Harvard University. His publications include How Experiments End (1987), Image and Logic: A Material Culture of Microphysics (1997), and Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps (2003). His most recent book, co-authored with Lorraine Daston, is titled Objectivity (2007). Before moving to Harvard, Galison taught for several years at Stanford University, where he was professor of history, philosophy, and physics. He is considered a member of the Stanford School of philosophy of science, a group that also includes Ian Hacking, John Dupré, and Nancy Cartwright. Galison wrote a film for the History Channel on the development of the hydrogen bomb, and has done work on the intersection of science with other disciplines, in particular art (along with Caroline A. Jones, his wife) and architecture. He is on the editorial board of Critical Inquiry and was a MacArthur Fellow in 1997. For his "outstanding contributions to the history of physics", Galison received the American Physical Society's Abraham Pais Prize in 2018.

• The Ultimate Weapon: The H-Bomb Dilemma (2000) Writer/producer, 44 minutes. Premiere: The History Channel, 2000. • Secrecy (2008) Producer/Director (with Robb Moss), 85 minutes. Premiere: The Sundance Film Festival (2008). • Containment (2015) Producer/Director (with Robb Moss), 81 minutes. Premiere: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham, North Carolina (2015). • Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know (2021) Director, 99 minutes.