Helge Kragh
Helge Kragh | |
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Helge Kragh, 2019 | |
| Born | 13 February 1944 |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen, Roskilde University |
| Known for | History of cosmology, relativity, quantum mechanics |
| Awards | Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Science historian |
| Institutions | Aarhus University, Denmark |
Helge Stjernholm Kragh (born February 13, 1944) is a Danish historian of science who focuses on the development of 19th century physics, chemistry, and astronomy. His published work includes biographies of Paul Dirac, Julius Thomsen and Ludvig Lorenz, and The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology (2019) which he co-edited with Malcolm Longair.