Helge Kragh

Helge Stjernholm Kragh (born February 13, 1944) is a Danish historian of science who focuses on the development of 19th century physics, chemistry, and astronomy.

Kragh was an associate professor of history of science at Cornell University from 1987 to 1989, a professor at the University of Oslo from 1995 to 1997, and a professor at Aarhus University in Denmark from 1997 to 2015.

Kragh's areas of study are the history of physics from the mid-19th century onward, the history of astronomy, the history of cosmology and the history of chemistry. He is known for his work on the history of the periodic system, early quantum atomic models, speculative cosmology and the northern lights. 2019, Roy G. Neville Prize for Julius Thomsen: A Life in Chemistry and Beyond (2016), Science History Institute 2019, Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics, American Physical Society (APS) President, European Society for the History of Science 2008–2010 Member, Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences (corresponding member since 1995, full member since 2005) Member, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

Selected writings

Max Weinstein: Physics, Philosophy, Pandeism, History and Philosophy of Physics, 2019 Foreword, Max B. Weinstein, World and Life Views, Emerging From Religion, Philosophy and Perception of Nature, trans. Deborah Moss, 2021 List of Kragh's publications up to 2015 at Aarhus University