Elizabeth Garber

Elizabeth Garber (1939–2020) was an American historian of science known for her work on James Clerk Maxwell and the history of physics. She was a professor of history for many years at Stony Brook University.[1]

Education and career

Elizabeth Anne Wolfe was born in England and studied mathematics, physics, and geology at the University of London. After moving to the United States and marrying physicist Donald Garber, she earned a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University with a dissertation on Maxwell.[2] She became a faculty member at Stony Brook University, and retired in 2008.[3]

Books

Garber was the author of:

  • The Language of Physics: The Calculus and the Development of Theoretical Physics in Europe, 1750-1914 (Birkhäuser, 1999)[4]

She co-edited several books collecting the works of James Clerk Maxwell:

  • Maxwell on Saturn's Rings (edited with Stephen G. Brush and C. W. F. Everitt, MIT Press, 1983)[5]
  • Maxwell on Molecules and Gases (edited with Stephen G. Brush and C. W. F. Everitt, MIT Press, 1986)[6]
  • Maxwell on Heat and Statistical Mechanics: On "Avoiding All Personal Enquiries of Molecules" (edited with Stephen G. Brush and C. W. F. Everitt, Associated University Presses, 1995)[7]

She also edited:

  • Beyond History of Science: Essays in Honor of Robert E. Schofield (Lehigh University Press, 1990)[8]

Recognition

Garber was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1989 "for her research in the history of physics, including the development of kinetic theory and molecular science in the 19th century."[9]

References
  1. Professors emeriti, Stony Brook University Department of History, retrieved 2020-06-12
  2. Garber, Elizabeth (1969). "James Clerk Maxwell and Thermodynamics". American Journal of Physics. 37: 146–155. doi:10.1119/1.1975430.
  3. Election 2010 Candidate Biographies, American Physical Society Forum on the History of Physics, retrieved 2020-06-12
  4. Reviews of The Language of Physics:
  5. Reviews of Maxwell on Saturn's Rings:
    • Wilson, David B. (Spring 1985), Victorian Studies, 28 (3): 539–540, JSTOR 3827314{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Siegel, Daniel M. (March 1985), Isis, 76 (1): 100, JSTOR 232813{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  6. Reviews of Maxwell on Molecules and Gases:
    • Uritam, Rein A. (September–October 1988), Journal of College Science Teaching, 18 (1): 57–58, JSTOR 42966190{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Schneider, Ivo (September 1989), Isis, 80 (3): 535–536, doi:10.1086/355126, JSTOR 234977{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. Reviews of Maxwell on Heat and Statistical Mechanics:
  8. Reviews of Beyond History of Science:
    • Knight, David (September 1992), The British Journal for the History of Science, 25 (3): 391, doi:10.1017/S0007087400029526, JSTOR 4027292{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Rothenberg, Marc (January 1993), Technology and Culture, 34 (1): 192–193, doi:10.2307/3106493, JSTOR 3106493{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  9. "New Fellows of the American Physical Society" (PDF), History of Physics Newsletter, IV (2): 17, February 1990
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