Prof. Dr. Cathryn Carson

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsTheoretical Philosophy,History of Science,Other Areas of History
KeywordsHistory of nuclear waste management, Vorbereitung Buch: Heisenberg, Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Wissenschaftsverwaltung

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBerkeley
InstitutionUniversity of California, Berkeley
InstituteDepartment of History

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Helmuth TrischlerForschungsinstitut für Technik- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Deutsches Museum (DM), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/1999

Program(s)

1998Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2002Cathryn Carson: Heisenberg and the framework of science policy. In: Fortschritte der Physik, 2002, 432-436
2002Cathryn Carson: Nuclear energy development in postwar West Germany: Struggles over cooperation in the Federal Republic's first reactor station. In: History and technology, 2002, 233-270
2002Cathryn Carson, Michael Gubser: Science advising and science policy in postwar West Germany: The example of the Deutscher Forschungsrat. In: Minerva, 2002, 147-179
2001Cathryn Carson: Reflexionen zu 'Kopenhagen'. In: Michael Frayn, Matthias Dörries, Kopenhagen: Mit zehn wissenschaftsgeschichtlichen Kommentaren. Wallstein, 2001. 149-162
2000Cathryn Carson: Old programs, new politics? Nuclear reactor studies after 1945 in the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik. In: Doris Kaufmann, Geschichte der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft im Nationalsozialismus: Bestandaufnahme und Perspektiven der Forschung. Wallstein, 2000. 726-749