Éloge to Robert Fox

Authors

  • Efthymios Nicolaidis Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4467/2543702XSHS.17.003.7704

Keywords:

Robert Fox, Alexandre Koyré Medal in 2016, International Academy of the History of Science, 7th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, Prague, 23 September 2016

Abstract

The 20th Alexandre Koyré Medal awarded since 1968 to prominent historians of science was awarded to Robert Fox, leading historian of European science of the period from the 18th to the beginnings of the 20th century. The Medal was presented to Robert Fox during the 7th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, Prague, 23 September 2016, and the Éloge describes his career and work.

Author Biography

Efthymios Nicolaidis, Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation

References

Buchwald, Jed Z.; Fox, Robert (eds.) 2013: The Oxford handbook of the history of physics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199696253.

Centre D’Historia de la Ciencia 2015: Robert Fox, catedrático emérito de Historia de la Ciencia de la Universidad de Oxford, en la celebración del 20 aniversario del CEHIC (19/10/2015). Available online: http://www.cehic.es/ficha_noticies.php?sitelang=es&idnoti=353.

Fox, Robert 1967: The study of the thermal properties of gases in relation to physical theory from Montgolfier to Regnault. Doctoral Thesis. Oxford: Oxford University.

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Fox, Robert 1974: The Rise and Fall of Laplacean Physics. Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences 4, pp. 89–136. Available online: https://doi.org/10.2307/27757328 (purchase PDF). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27757328.

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Published

18-12-2017

How to Cite

Nicolaidis, E. (2017). Éloge to Robert Fox. Studia Historiae Scientiarum, 16, 21–27. https://doi.org/10.4467/2543702XSHS.17.003.7704

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