David C. Cassidy Last updated June 28, 2025 Education Born on August 10, 1945, in Richmond, Virginia , Cassidy attended schools in Detroit, Michigan ; Louisville, Kentucky ; and northern New Jersey. His father, trained in history and business, was a labor-relations executive at the Ford Motor Company . His mother, a survivor of the Armenian genocide , became a librarian. He received the BA (1967) and MS (1970) degrees in physics at Rutgers University . His PhD (1976) was awarded in a unique arrangement involving Purdue University (physics) and the University of Wisconsin Madison (history of science). He completed his dissertation on Werner Heisenberg 's route to quantum mechanics under the guidance of Daniel M. Siegel (Wisconsin history of science), Norman Pearlman (Purdue physics), and Vernard Foley (Purdue history). [ 2]
Career 1976–1977: Research fellow with John L. Heilbron , Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California Berkeley . 1977–1980: Research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation with Armin Hermann, University of Stuttgart , Germany. [ 3] 1980–1983: Assistant professor with Imre Toth, University of Regensburg , Germany. 1983–1990: Associate editor, The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein , Volumes 1 and 2, in Princeton and Boston. [ 4] 1990–2015: Associate and full professor, Hofstra University . 2015–present: Professor emeritus, Hofstra University . Books 1987 and 1989. Associate editor. The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein . Vols. 1 and 2. Princeton University Press , and online [ 4] 1992. Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg . W. H. Freeman . 1995. Einstein and Our World . First ed., Prometheus Books ISBN 0-391-03876-1 ; [ 6] second ed., Humanity Books , 2004. 2001. Werner Heisenberg: A Bibliography of His Writings . Second ed. Whittier Publications, and online [ 7] 2002. With Gerald Holton and F. James Rutherford. Understanding Physics . Springer-Verlag , and online [ 8] 2005 J. Robert Oppenheimer and the American Century . Pi Press ; Johns Hopkins University Press , 2009; ebook, Plunkett Lake Press , 2017. [ 9] 2009. Beyond Uncertainty: Heisenberg, Quantum Physics, and the Bomb . Revised and expanded edition of Uncertainty . Bellevue Literary Press . [ 10] 2011. A Short History of Physics in the American Century . Harvard University Press . [ 11] 2017. Farm Hall and the German Atomic Project of World War II: A Dramatic History . Springer-Verlag . 2019. With Allen Esterson and Ruth Lewin Sime, contributor. Einstein's Wife: The Real Story of Mileva Einstein-Marić . The MIT Press . ISBN 978-0-262-03961-1 LCCN 2018-29638 ; 2020 pbk edition References ↑ "APS Physics | FHP | Recipient" . Aps.org . November 1, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2017 . ↑ " "Werner Heisenberg and the Crisis in Quantum Theory, 1920-1925." by David C. Cassidy" . Docs.lib.purdue.edu : 1– 536. January 16, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2017 . ↑ Martin Barth. "Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und Technik" . Uni-stuttgart.de . Retrieved July 10, 2017 . 1 2 "Digital Einstein Papers Home" . Einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu . Retrieved July 10, 2017 . ↑ "APS Physics | FHP | David C. Cassidy Wins 2014 Abraham Pais Prize" . Aps.org . November 1, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2017 . ↑ Noer, Richard J. (1996). "Review of Einstein and Our World by David C. Cassidy". American Journal of Physics . 64 (10): 1341. doi :10.1119/1.18439 . ↑ "Werner Heisenberg: A Bibliography of His Writings, by David Cassidy" . History.aip.org . March 29, 2001. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017 . ↑ David C. Cassidy. "Understanding Physics" . Dcassidybooks.com . Retrieved July 10, 2017 . ↑ "Plunkett Lake Press" . Plunkett Lake Press. September 22, 2005. Retrieved July 10, 2017 . ↑ Lippincott, Sara (March 8, 2009). "Review of Beyond Uncertainty by David C. Cassidy" . Los Angeles Times . ↑ David C. Cassidy (October 24, 2011). A Short History of Physics in the American Century . Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674062740 . Retrieved July 10, 2017 .
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