- John Stachel
John Stachel (born 1928) is an American physicist and philosopher of science.
Stachel earned his PhD at
Stevens Institute of Technology inPhysics about a topic inGeneral relativity in 1958. After holding different teaching positions atLehigh University andUniversity of Pittsburgh , he went 1964 toBoston University where he was professor of physics until hisemeritation .In 1977, Stachel became the first editor of the
Einstein Papers Project , then at theInstitute for Advanced Study . The first two volumes (out of a projected twenty-five) of "The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein" were published during his tenure.He is head of the Boston University
Center for Einstein Studies and, together withDon Howard , publishes the book series "Einstein Studies".Stachel also authored a text, entitled "Einstein: From B to Z".
Bibliography (selection)
* A. Einstein; J. Stachel, D.C. Cassidy, et al., eds., "The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Vol. 1:The Early Years, 1879-1902", Princeton University Press 1987, ISBN 0-691-08407-7
* A. Ashtekar, J. Stachel, "Conceptual Problems of Quantum Gravity", Springer 1991, ISBN 0-8176-3443-6
* D. Howard, J. Stachel, "Einstein, The Formative Years 1879-1909", Birkhäuser 2000, ISBN 0-8176-4030-4
* J. Stachel, "Einstein from 'B' to 'Z"', Birkhauser 2001, ISBN 0-8176-4143-2External links
* [http://www.bu.edu/philo/faculty/stachel.html Homepage]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
