John Stachel is Professor Emeritus of physics and the Director of the Center of Einstein Studies. He did his doctoral work on general relativity receiving his Ph.D. in philosophy and history of physics from Stevens Institute of Technology. He was an instructor of physics at Lehigh University from 1959 to 1961 and the University of Pittsburgh from 1961 to 1962, and Research Associate in physics at the latter school from 1962 to 1964. Since then, he has been a member of the Physics Department of Boston University.
He also directs the Boston University Center for Einstein Studies, which has sponsored conferences on the history of general relativity and Einstein's early years, and co-edits (with Don Howard) the Center's series of Einstein Studies, four volumes of which have been published, two directly concerned with the history of general relativity.
Professor Stachel is the author of Einstein's Miraculous Year: Five Papers That Changed the Face of Physics, which is used in the UT Plan II Modern Physics Course, and Einstein from "B" to "Z".
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