Peter Galison

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Peter Galison
Galison at the 2007 History of Science Society meeting in Washington, D.C.
Born	(1955-05-17) May 17, 1955 (age 69) New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Historian, philosopher
Academic background
Education	Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy, history
Sub-discipline	History of science, philosophy of science
Institutions	Harvard University
Doctoral students	Alex Wellerstein
Notable works	Image and Logic (1997) "Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps" (2003) Objectivity (2007)

Peter Louis Galison (born May 17, 1955) is an American historian and philosopher of science. He is the Joseph Pellegrino University Professor in history of science and physics at Harvard University.^[1]