Menachem Fisch headshot
Past Member

Menachem Fisch

Friends of the Institute for Advanced Study Member

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

History and Philosophy of Science
From
Menachem Fisch studies major upheavals in science and mathematics from the perspective of those who set them in motion. In a series of related early Victorian case studies, he shows how leading practitioners come to doubt heartfelt commitments, and groping toward new possibilities, produce hybrid, yet highly transformative works.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies
Visitor
School of Social Science
Other

Degrees

Tel Aviv University
Ph.D.
1986

Honors

2017
Honorary Doctorate, Goethe University, Frankfurt
2016
Humboldt Research Prize