Martin J. Klein

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Martin J. Klein (M. J. Klein), a science historian of 19th and 20th century physics, is the Eugene Higgins Professor Emeritus of History of Physics and Professor Emeritus of Physics at Yale University.

Professor Klein was the 2005 recipient of the Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics, a joint award of the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Institute of Physics (AIP).

Contents 1 Publications 1.1 Author 1.2 Editor 1.3 Subject 2 See also 3 References

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[edit] Author

• Paul Ehrenfest: The Making of a Theoretical Physicist. Elsevier Science Ltd., September 1985.
• Physicists' Inaugural Lectures in History. Amsterdam University Press, December 1994.

[edit] Editor

• 1993-1996: Lead editor, Volumes 3, 4, 5; editor, V. 6, of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, published in English by the Princeton University Press:

V. 3, The Swiss Years: Writings, 1909-1911

V. 4, The Swiss Years: Writings, 1912-1914

V. 5, The Swiss Years: Correspondence, 1902-1914

V. 6, The Berlin Years: Writings, 1914-1917

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• A. J. Kox and Daniel M. Siegel, No Truth Except in the Details: Essays in Honor of Martin J. Klein. Kluwer Academic Publishers, June 1995. ISBN 0-792-33195-8.

[edit] See also

• Einstein Papers Project
• Paul Ehrenfest (subject of Klein's 1985 book)
• John L. Heilbron (2006 recipient of the Pais Prize)

[edit] References

• Academic biography in Pais Prize announcement, AIP Center for History of Physics Newsletter, Volume XXXVII, No. 2, Fall 2005.
• Einstein Papers Project Of twenty-five volumes projected in the Series, ten so far published 1987-2006.