Background
Hahn, Roger was born on January 5, 1932 in Paris. Son of John P. and Thérèse E.L. (Lévy) Hahn. came to the United States, 1941, naturalized, 1953.
( Often referred to as the Newton of France, Pierre Simo...)
Often referred to as the Newton of France, Pierre Simon Laplace has been called the greatest scientist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He affirmed the stability of the solar system and offered a powerful hypothesis about its origins. A skillful mathematician and popular philosopher, Laplace also did pioneering work on probability theory, in devising a method of inverse probabilities associated with his classic formulation of physical determinism in the universe. With Lavoisier and several younger disciples, he also made decisive advances in chemistry and mathematical physics. Roger Hahn, who has devoted years to researching Laplace's life, has compiled a rich archive of his scientific correspondence. In this compact biography, also based in part on unpublished private papers, Hahn follows Laplace's journey from would-be priest in the provinces to Parisian academician, popularizer of science during the French Revolution, religious skeptic, and supporter of Napoleon. By the end of his life, Laplace had become a well-rewarded dean of French science. In this first full-length biography, Hahn illuminates the man in his historical setting. Elegantly written, Pierre Simon Laplace reflects a lifetime of thinking and research by a distinguished historian of science on the fortunes of a singularly important figure in the annals of Enlightenment science.
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Hahn, Roger was born on January 5, 1932 in Paris. Son of John P. and Thérèse E.L. (Lévy) Hahn. came to the United States, 1941, naturalized, 1953.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1953; Master of Arts in Teaching, Harvard University, 1954; certificate, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1962.
Instructor history, U. Delaware, 1960-1961;
member history faculty, University of California at Berkeley, since 1961;
professor, University of California at Berkeley, since 1974. Special assistant to director science affairs Bancroft Library, Berkeley, since 1972. Chief United States delegate 15th International Congress History of Science, Edinburgh, 1977, co-chairman XVIIth International Congress, Berkeley, 1985.
Board directors Centre de Synthèse, Paris, since 1976. Visiting professor Collège de France, 1984.
( Often referred to as the Newton of France, Pierre Simo...)
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Served with Army of the United States, 1955-1957. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (council 1967-1973). Member History Science Society (council 1967-1970, 77-80), American Society 18th Century Studies (president 1982-1983), Western Society 18th Century Studies (president 1977-1978), West Coast History of Science Society (president 1982-1984), Academy International d'Histoire des Sciences (vice president since 2005).
Married Ellen Isabel Leibovici, September 11, 1955. Children: Elisabeth L., Sophie A. Bjerkholt.