Background
Cao, Tian Yu was born on July 16, 1941 in Shanghai, China.
Cao, Tian Yu was born on July 16, 1941 in Shanghai, China.
Diploma in philosophy, Peking U., China, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy in History and Philosophy Science, Cambridge (England) University, 1987.
Research fellow, Cambridge (England) University, 1985-1990; postdoctoral fellow history in science, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1988-1991; postdoctoral fellow in philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1989; from senior postdoctoral fellow in physics to senior research associate, Brandeis U., since 1990; research fellow Center for Philosophy and History Science, Boston University, since 1992; resident fellow Dibner Institute for History Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1992; teacher philosophy of physics and philosophy of science, Boston University, since 1994. Presenter Annual Conference of British Society for the Philosophy of Sciences, Edinburgh, 1985, History of Science Society, 1992. Lecturer Center National de la Recherche Science, Paris, 1993, Der Forderungsgesellschaft Wissenschaftliche Neuvorhaben mbH, Berlin, 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993, Boston Colloquim for the Philosophy of Science, 1990, 92, 94, U. Notre Dame, 1992, Stanford (California)Linear Accelerator Center, 1992, Harvard University and Dibner Institute, 1988, 92, Bowdoin College, 1991, American Physical Society, 1990, Cambridge U., 1988.