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Thomas Steinhauser

Research Scholar (Aug 2014-Dec 2023)

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Thomas Steinhauser joined the Research Program on the History of the Max Planck Society (GMPG) in 2014, where he examines the history of chemical, physical, and technical institutes. He received a diploma in Chemistry (1994) and an MA in History of Science and Roman Philology (2000) at the University of Regensburg. He then served as a staff member at the history of science chair and part of a group preparing an edition of the Liebig-Wöhler correspondence. In 2008, Thomas continued his work on modern chemical instruments as a Scholar in Residence at the Deutsches Museum, Munich. He completed his PhD in the history of nuclear magnetic resonance at the University of Regensburg (2009) as part of the project “Networks of Innovation,” with a focus on twentieth-century chemical instrumentation. He also served as a part-time Assistant Lecturer at the Regensburg History of Science unit.

Following his PhD, Thomas joined the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, contributing towards a volume on its history; from 2011 he worked at Bielefeld University on the project “Expert Knowledge and the Public.” His current research interests include the history of chemistry and physics in the last two centuries, the history of modern scientific instruments, and the interaction of scientific and technical developments.

Selected Publications

Steinhauser, Thomas (2024). “Materialforschung.” In Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft: Wissenschafts- und Zeitgeschichte 1945–2005, ed. J. Renn, C. Reinhardt, J. Kocka, F. Schmaltz, B. Kolboske, J. Balcar, and A. von Schwerin, 254–276. Göttingen:…

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Steinhauser, Thomas (2024). “Kernforschung.” In Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft: Wissenschafts- und Zeitgeschichte 1945–2005, ed. J. Renn, C. Reinhardt, J. Kocka, F. Schmaltz, B. Kolboske, J. Balcar, and A. von Schwerin, 277–291. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck …

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Steinhauser, Thomas (2020). “Albert Weller.” In Neue Deutsche Biographie. Bd. 27, 736–737. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot.

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Steinhauser, Thomas, Hanoch Gutfreund, and Jürgen Renn (2017). A Special Relationship: Turning Points in the History of German-Israeli Scientific Cooperation. 2. Aufl. Preprint : Ergebnisse des Forschungsprogramms zur Geschichte der Max-Planck…

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