Pais Prize Winner

Russell McCormmach has been chosen as the winner of the 2010 Abraham Pais Prize for the History of Physics "for the study of German science in the 19th and 20th centuries and a major biography of Henry Cavendish (with Christa Jungnickel, his late wife), and for founding the journal Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences."

The Spring 2010 Newsletter will carry a more complete account of McCormmach’s work.

Note Added: This article represents the views of the author, which are not necessarily those of the FHP or APS.