Background
Lightman, Bernard Vise was born on April 30, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Irwin and Selma (Vise) Lightman.
Lightman, Bernard Vise was born on April 30, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Irwin and Selma (Vise) Lightman.
Bachelor with honors, York University, Toronto, 1973. Master of Arts, York University, Toronto, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis University, 1979.
He specializes in the relationship between Victorian science and unbelief, the role of women in science, and the popularization of science. Lightman is known for his work as the editor of the journal Isis (2004 to present) as well as his role in the Tyndall project, an effort to make available the life and letters of the nineteenth-century scientist John Tyndall. Since 1989, Lightman"s work has largely focused on the popularization of science and particularly on the role that Victorian periodicals and print culture played in shaping the form of scientific debates in the public arena.
Lightman has authored, co-authored and edited several books, and has published more than 44 refereed articles and book-chapter.
The John Tyndall Correspondence Project, which is an international collaborative effort to obtain, digitalize, transcribe, and publish all surviving letters to and from John Tyndall, was initiated by Lightman. He is currently working on a biography of John Tyndall and is a general editor on the project
In addition, he is the general editor of a monograph series titled "Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century" published by Pickering and Chatto.
Foreign example, on November 26, 2011, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and on December 4, 2010, he was elected a Corresponding Member of the International Academy of the History of Science.
Married Merle Rebecca Feldman, September 18, 1975. 1 child, Matthew Benson.