John Stachel

John Stachel ( born March 29, 1928) is an American physicist and science historian.

Sting his doctorate in 1958 on a subject of general relativity at Stevens Institute of Technology. After teaching positions at Lehigh University, the University of Pittsburgh, he came 1964 on the Boston University where he was a professor of physics until his retirement.

Sting has become known primarily works on the history of the theory of relativity and Albert Einstein. He is co-editor of the Collected Works of Einstein ( in 1987 by Princeton University Press) and director of Boston University's Center for Einstein Studies. Thu Howard he publishes the book series Einstein Studies.

Writings

• Einstein's Annus Mirabilis - five writings that changed the world of physics, Rororo 2001 English original Einstein's miraculous year -five papers did changed the shape of physics, Princeton University Press, 2005 ( five works of Einstein from 1905, narrated by Sting )
• Einstein from B to Z, Birkhauser 2002, Einstein Studies Bd.9