Back آي. برنارد كوهن Arabic آى. برنارد كوهن ARZ Bernard Cohen Catalan I. Bernard Cohen German Bernard Cohen Spanish Bernard Cohen Finnish I. Bernard Cohen French I・バーナード・コーエン Japanese I. 버나드 코헨 Korean I. Bernard Cohen Portuguese
I. Bernard Cohen | |
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| Born | 1 March 1914 Far Rockaway, New York City, New York, US |
| Died | 20 June 2003 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Historian of science |
| Title | Victor S. Thomas Professor of the History of Science |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University (AB 1937, PhD 1947) |
| Thesis | Benjamin Franklin’s Experiments |
| Doctoral advisor | George Sarton |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History of science |
| Institutions | Harvard University (1942–2002) |
| Notable students | |
I. Bernard Cohen[1] (1 March 1914 – 20 June 2003) was an American historian of science. He taught at Harvard University for 60 years, 1942–2002, becoming the first chair of its Department of the History of Science when it was established in 1966, and he mentored notable students including George Basalla, Lorraine Daston, and Allen G. Debus. He was the author of many books on the history of science and, in particular, on Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, and Howard H. Aiken. He made a full English translation of Newton's Principia Mathematica and was the second chief editor of the history of science journal Isis.
- ^ "'my correct and full legal name is (and always has been) and is listed as, I. Bernard Cohen, which is the name recorded on my birth certificate, my passport, my FBI clearance, every copyright for some thirty or more books, and other official records': I. Bernard Cohen, letter dated 9 Mar. 1992", from Dauben, Gleason & Smith (2009), p. 5