Elizabeth Garber
Elizabeth Garber is an American historian of science known for her work on James Clerk Maxwell and the history of physics. She is a professor emerita of history at Stony Brook University.Education and career
Garber studied mathematics, physics, and geology at the University of London, and earned a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University with a dissertation on Maxwell. She became a faculty member at Stony Brook University, and retired in 2008.Books
Garber is the author of:
She is the co-editor of several books collecting the works of James Clerk Maxwell:
- Maxwell on Saturn's Rings
- Maxwell on Molecules and Gases
- Maxwell on Heat and Statistical Mechanics: On "Avoiding All Personal Enquiries of Molecules"
She is also the editor of:
- Beyond History of Science: Essays in Honor of Robert E. Schofield
Recognition
Garber became a Fellow of the American Physical Society, "for her research in the history of physics, including the development of kinetic theory and molecular science in the 19th century", in the class of 1989.
