| 词条 | Marie Boas Hall |
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| name = Marie Boas Hall | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Marie Boas | birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|10|18}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|02|23|1919|10|18}} | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = Radcliffe College, AB, chemistry, 1940; Cornell University, PhD, 1949 | occupation = Historian of science | years_active = | employer = Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brandeis University, University of California, Los Angeles, Indiana University, Imperial College London | known_for = | spouse = Alfred Rupert Hall | children = | parents = | relatives = Older brother, mathematician Ralph P. Boas, Jr. | awards = George Sarton Medal, Fellow of the British Academy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences }}Marie Boas Hall {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=|FBA}} (October 18, 1919 – February 23, 2009) was a historian of science and is considered one of the postwar period pioneers of the study of the Scientific Revolution during the 16th and 17th centuries.[1] Biography and careerMarie Boas was born in Springfield, Massachusetts.[2] She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1940. During World War II, she worked in the MIT Radiation Laboratory with Henry Guerlac in writing the history of the laboratory and of the operational use of radar during the war.[3] She continued her work with Guerlac at Cornell University and received her PhD in 1949. Her thesis covered the mechanical philosophy of Robert Boyle and was published in the history of science journal Osiris in 1952.[3] She then took a teaching position at the University of Massachusetts before subsequently moving to Brandeis University.
She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1955.[4] She won the George Sarton Medal, the most prestigious award of the History of Science Society, together with her husband Alfred Rupert Hall in 1981. Her older brother was mathematician Ralph P. Boas, Jr.[5] Works
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References1. ^{{cite news|title=Marie Boas Hall: historian of science|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/marie-boas-hall-historian-of-science-77t9rwgn96t|accessdate=5 August 2017|agency=The Times|date=20 March 2009|language=en}} 2. ^{{citation|contribution=Ralph P. Boas, Jr.|title=More Mathematical People|editor1-first=Donald J.|editor1-last=Albers|editor2-first=Gerald L.|editor2-last=Alexanderson|editor2-link=Gerald L. Alexanderson|editor3-first=Constance|editor3-last=Reid|editor3-link=Constance Reid|publisher=Harcourt Brace Jovanovich|year=1990|pages=22–41}}. 3. ^{{Cite news|last=Knight|first=David|title=Obituary: Rupert Hall|work=The Guardian|accessdate=2013-11-03|date=2009-05-26|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/may/27/rupert-hall-obituary}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|accessdate=July 25, 2014}} 5. ^1 2 Marie Boas Hall (1919-2009), The Times, 20 March 2009
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