Biography:M. Norton Wise

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Short description: Distinguished Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles
M. Norton Wise
M. Norton Wise, HSS 2007.jpg
Wise at the 2007 History of Science Society meeting
Born
Matthew Norton Wise

(1940-04-02) April 2, 1940 (age 84)
Tacoma, Washington (state) , US
Spouse(s)
Elaine M. Liu (m. 1965)
Academic background
Alma mater
Thesis
  • Alpha-Alpha Coincidence Study of the Decay of the 17.28 MeV Level of 9Be (1968)
  • The Flow Analogy to Electricity and Magnetism (1977)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineHistory of science
Institutions
Main interestsHistory of physics

Matthew Norton Wise (born 1940) is an American historian of science who is an emeritus professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was also the co-director of the UCLA Center for Society and Genetics. He famously attacked Gross and Levitt's book in which they perceive the obstruction of science by the academic left.

Early life and education

Wise was born on April 2, 1940, in Tacoma, Washington (state) . He earned a BSc in physics from Pacific Lutheran University in 1962 and went on to obtain two PhDs: a PhD in experimental nuclear physics from Washington State University in 1968, and a PhD in the history of science from Princeton University in 1977.

Career

Wise was a physics professor at Auburn University and Oregon State University before becoming a history professor at UCLA and then, from 1991 to 2000, at Princeton, before returning to UCLA, where he remained until his retirement.

In 2004/5 he taught at Utrecht University and also spent much of his time at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin.

He is the recipient of the Berthold Leibinger Berlin Prize and was a Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin for Spring 2012.

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Awards
Preceded by
Lorraine Daston
Pfizer Award
1990
With: Crosbie Smith (fr)
Succeeded by
Adrian Desmond
Preceded by
Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
George Sarton Medal
2019
Succeeded by
Jim Bennett