Robert Marc Friedman
Bakgrunn
1971 B.S. (meteorology & oceanography, physics, theatre) New York Univ
1978 Ph.D.(history of science) Johns Hopkins University
1989-97 Prof, Dept of History & Science Studies Program, Univ of Calif,San Diego
1991-93 Director, Science Studies Program, University of California, San Diego
1994 Torgny Segerstedt Visiting Chair in History & Sociology of Higher Ed.,
Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
1997-00 Senior Researcher, Forum for University History, University of Oslo
2000-09 Interdisciplinary Prof of History of Science, Humanities, Univ. of Oslo
2004 Senior Research Fellow, Inst. of Advanced Studies, Univ of Bologna
2009 Tetelman Fellow, Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University
2010- Prof - History of Science, Inst for arkeologi, konservering & historie, UiO
2011- Associate Research Scholar, History of Science, Johns Hopkins Univ
2011- Prof II, Institute for historie og religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø
Faglige kompetanseområder
- Vitenskapshistorie
- universitetshistorie
- polarhistorie
- kulturhistorie
- formidling gjennom drama
- historisk kunnskapssosiologi
Pågående og planlagte forskningsprosjekter ved IAKH
- History of making sense of the aurora - together with Univ. of Tromsø
- History of polar research and polar politics - with Univ. of Tromsø
- 'Colony, Empire, Environment: A History of Arctic Science' - ESF int'l collaboration
- Materiality and disciplinarity within University of Oslo's history
- Theatre plays: on Nansen and Amundsen; on Einstein and politics
- 'Science & native-knowledge in the polar heroic' - National Science Foundation
Publikasjoner
- "Nobel physics prize in perspective." Nature, 292 1981. 793-798.
- Appropriating the Weather: Vilhelm Bjerknes and the Construction of a Modern Meteorology.
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1989; 1993. - The Expeditions of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup: Contexts for Shaping an Ocean Science. La Jolla, CA: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1994.
- "Civilization and national honour: The rise of Norwegian geophysical and cosmic science." Making Sense of Space: A History of Norwegian Space Activities. ed., J. P. Collett. Oslo: Scandinavian Universities Press, 1995. 3-39.
- Integration and Visibility: Historiographic Challenges to University History. Occasional Papers 1/2000 Forum for University History, University of Oslo, 2000. 49 pp.
- The Politics of Excellence: Behind the Nobel Prize in Science. New York: Freeman & Times Books, Henry Holt & Co., 2001. 400 pp. Chinese edition: Shanghai, 2005.
- "La politica culturale del paesaggio celeste: Riflessioni su nuvole, aurora boreale e identità." Natura, cultura, identità: Le università e l'identità europea. ed., G. Pancaldi. Bologna: CIS-Università di Bologna, 2004. 59-78.
- "Nansenismen" og "Å spise kirsbær med de store". Norsk Polarhistorie, Bind II Vitenskapene. eds., E.-A. Drivenes & H.D. Jølle. Oslo: Gyldendal, 2004. 107-174, 331-420.
- Remembering Miss Meitner Drama. Göteborgs Stadsteater (2004-2010) og Radioteatern, Sveriges Radio (2004, 2006). Gjestespill, bl.a. Yale University (2009) & Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin (2010). Flere profesjonelle forestillinger på engelsk og italiensk.
- Ricordando Lise Meitner: Dramma in un atto di scienza e tradimento. Bologna: Edizioni Pendragon, 2005.
- Becoming Albert Einstein Drama. Forestillinger i Bergen og Oslo, 2005.
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“Prestigieux dès sa naissance.” La Recherche, ‘Les prix Nobel.’ 423, Oct 2008. 28-33.
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“Making the Aurora Norwegian: Science and Image in the Making of a Tradition.” Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 2010, 35 (1): 52-70.
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'"Et forjættende symbol': Aulen,universitetet og folket". I: Edvard Munchs aulamalerier. Fra kontroversielt prosjekt til nasjonalskatt. Messel Forlag, 2011: 25-45
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"Amundsen vs Nansen" Skuespill. Hålogaland Teater. 2011
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"Amundsen, Nansen, and the Question of Science: Dramatizing Historical Research on the Polar Heroic." Endeavour. 2011, 35 (4): 151-159
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). "Balancing Act: Drama about Science based on History", In Walter Grünzweig (ed.), The SciArtist: Carl Djerassi's Science-in-Literature in Transatlantic and Interdisciplinary Contexts.. LIT Verlag. ISBN 978-3-643-90231-3. 6. s 63 - 73
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). "Has the Swedish Academy of Sciences...seen nothing, heard nothing, and understood nothing?" The First World War, Biased Neutrality, and the Nobel Prizes in Science., In Rebecka Letteval; Geert Somsen (ed.), Neutrality in Twentieth-Century Europe. Intersections of Science, Culture, and Politics after the First World War.. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-89377-0. Chapter 5. s 90 - 114
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). "Introduction: The Aurora in History". Acta Borealia. ISSN 0800-3831. 29(2), s 115- 118
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). "Making Sense of the Aurora: A Research Project". Nordlit. ISSN 0809-1668. 29, s 59- 68
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). Amundsen, Nansen, and the Question of Science: Dramatizing Historical Research on the Polar Heroic . Endeavour. ISSN 0160-9327. 35(4), s 151- 159 . doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2011.08.004
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). "'Et forjættende symbol': Aulen,universitetet og folket", I: Patricia G. Berman & Peder Anker (red.), Edvard Munchs aulamalerier. Fra kontroversielt prosjekt til nasjonalskatt. Messel Forlag. ISBN 978-82-7631-116-7. Kapitel. s 25 - 45
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). "Fridtjof Nansen and the University, 1896-1911", In Fridtjof Nansen Minneforelesninger 50 år. Novus Forlag. ISBN 978-82-7099-647-6. Kapitel. s 188 - 210
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). "Science, populist democracy and honour. The 1911 Centenary Celebration of the Royal Fredrick University in Kristiania", In Pieter Dhondt (ed.), National, Nordic or European? Nineteenth-Century University Jubilees and Nordic Cooperation.. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 978 90 04 21694 5. Chapter 10. s 267 - 284
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). Making the Aurora Norwegian: Science and Image in the Making of a Tradition. ISR. Interdisciplinary science review. ISSN 0308-0188. 35(1), s 51- 68 . doi: 10.1179/030801810X12628670445464
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Fridtjof Nansen and the University, 1896-1911". Årbok / Det norske videnskaps-akademi. ISSN 0332-6209. (2008), s 361- 385
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). Human frailty etched in gold: Demystifying the Nobel Prize in Science, In Jan Eivind Myhre; John Peter Collett & Jon Skeie (ed.), Kunnskapens betingelser. Festskrift til Edgeir Benum. Vidarforlaget AS. ISBN 978-82-7990-094-8. Kapittel. s 146 - 167
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). "Prestigieux dès sa naissance [le prix Nobel]". La Recherche (Imprimé). ISSN 0029-5671. 423, s 28- 33
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2013, 12. juni). "Frozen in the ice - polar research then and now". [Internett]. ScienceNordic.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). "Amundsen vs Nansen" Forestilling med bl.a. Hallvard Holmen og Gard Eidsvold spilles på forskjellige teater og kulturhus i Nord-Norge, Sørlandet og Østlandet; Litteraturhuset i Oslo. Manus skrevet av RMF; urfremføring ved Hålogaland Teater des 2011..
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). "Amundsen, Nansen, and the Question of Science: Dramatizing Historical Research on the Polar Heroic".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). "Do Nobelovy medaile se vrylo mnhoho lidksych slabosti". Dějiny a současnost : kulturně historická revue. ISSN 0418-5129. 34(10), s 22- 25
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). "Environmental science during the Cold War: The need and opportunity for trans-national, multi-disciplinary collaborations".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012, 30. januar). "Et skuespill om Amundsen og Nansen". [Radio]. NRK P-2 Ekko.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). "From the research front to centre stage: Scholarship and artistry in dramatizing history of science".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). "Imperfect Excellence: The Nobel Prizes and the European Periphery".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). Introduction: The Aurora in History. Acta Borealia. ISSN 0800-3831. 29(2), s 115- 118 . doi: 10.1080/08003831.2012.732280
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012, 12. oktober). "Is the Nobel Prize a Boys Mostly Club?". [Radio]. National Public Radio; Washington, D.C..
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). "Remembering Miss Meitner" Gjestespill ved Liseberg Teater, Göteborg, i forbindelse med European Physical Society møte om atom fysikk. 11.07.2012.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012). "Remembering Miss Meitner: History, Memory, and the Future of Physics".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2012, 12. oktober). "Why do Nobel Prizes Reign Supreme?". [Internett]. Physics Central: American Physical Society.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). "Amundsen vs Nansen".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). "Icy shadows: American Cold-War concerns and the shaping of Norwegian polar research policy".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). "Making Sense of the Aurora: Themes from a Collaborative Project".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). "Marie Curie's 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Politics of Excellence" Keynote Lecture.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). "Mytedannelse om forskningens betydning [om Kr. Birkeland]". Apollon : Forskningsmagasin for Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 0803-6926. (2), s 22- 23
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). "Nansenismen".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). "Om å dramatisere historisk forskning".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011, 15. januar). "På sporet etter Amundsen". Dagsavisen.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). "Regionality and multi-disciplinarity: Visions for new collaborative ideals in history of science".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2011). "The Politics of Excellence: The Meaning of the Nobel Prizes in Science" Keynote Lecture.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). "Arctic visionaries: The case of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). "Balancing Act: Reflections on Drama about Science Based on History".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). "Disciplinary dynamics in the geophysical and cosmic sciences: Interdisciplinary agendas and disciplinary fragmentation in Norway.".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010, 11. april). "Dramatisk stykke om Lise Meitner spilles i Oslo". [Radio]. NRK P2 Søndagsavisa.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010, 10. mars). "Dramatisk svik" (om "Remembering Miss Meitner"). Uniforum.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). "Making the Aurora Norwegian".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). "Making the aurora Norwegian".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). "Meitner".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). "Meitner: Kvinnen, Fysikken, Sviket" Gjestespill fra Göteborgs Stadsteater. Chateau Neuf. 11-12.04.2010.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). "Minns Ni Fröken Meitner" Göteborgs Stadsteater. 07-08.04.2010 & 01-02.10.2010.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). "On the relations between (history of) science and drama.".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). Review of "Weather by Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology" by Kristine C. Harper.. Isis (Chicago, Ill.). ISSN 0021-1753. 101(1), s 257- 258
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). Seeing Science: The Sight/Insight of Scandinavian Art. ISR. Interdisciplinary science review. ISSN 0308-0188. 35(1), s 5- 6 . doi: 10.1179/030801810X12628670445347
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2010). "The Meaning of Meitner in Sweden: Concluding Remarks".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Antarktistraktaten 50år: Hvordan Norge ble med det gode selskapet".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Balancing Act: Reflections on drama about science based on history".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Collections, spaces, and disciplinary growth in a politicized university: Oslo, 1870-1920".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Experts call for Nobel prize to be revamped.". New scientist (1971). ISSN 0262-4079. (2728), s 6- 7
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Human frailty etched in gold: Demystifying the Nobel prizes".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Human frailty etched in gold: The meaning of Nobel excellence in science.".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Is the Nobel Prize in Chemistry still relevant?". Analytical Chemistry. ISSN 0003-2700.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Making the Aurora Norwegian: Science, Narratives and Images".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Making the aurora Norwegian: Cultural politics of the northern lights as national icon and research tradition.".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Making the aurora Norwegian: Cultural-political reflections".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Making the aurora Norwegian: The cultural politics of a national research tradition and icon.".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Making the aurora Norwegian: The cultural-politics of the northern lights as icon and research specialty".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). 'Minns ni fröken Meitner' Göteborgs Stadsteater, 14-18.04.2009..
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Minns ni fröken Meitner" Göteborgs Stadsteater, 15-17.10.2009.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). Putting 'dannelse' in context - perspectives from history of science and universities. Innlegg i "Dannelsesdebatt: Kritikk av den rene dannelse"..
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2009). "Remembering Miss Meitner." New Theatre, Yale University, USA. 16 & 17.01.2009. Gjestespill fra Göteborgs Stadsteater. 145 personer hver forestilling..
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). "Balancing acts: Drama about science based on history".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). "Erinnerung an Fräulein Meitner".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008, 02. januar). "How noble are the motives behind awarding the Nobel Prize?". The Scotsman.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008, 06. juni). "Late studenter? Utenlandske professorer mener norske studenter bør møtes med høyere forventninger.". Morgenbladet.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). "Nansen og universitetets moral".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). "Remembering Miss Meitner".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). "Remembering Miss Meitner: A Drama about Physics and Betrayal" Staged Reading. University of Western Michigan.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). Review: Michael Robinsion, "The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture". Isis (Chicago, Ill.). ISSN 0021-1753. 99, s 641
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). Sesjon: Polarpolitikk og vitenskap. "Kald krig og vitenskap".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). "Text, context, and quicksand: Reflections on the use of the Nobel science prize archives" Keynote lecture..
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008, 08. februar). "The Nobel Cult". The New Democrat (Monrovia, Liberia).
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). "Un altro modo c'è: Ipatia, Lise, Marie e le altre" (spilte flere scener fra 'Ricordando Lise Meitner' sammen med scener fra andre dramatikk om kvinnelige forsker).
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). "Vilhelm Bjerknes". New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 1, s 288- 290
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). "What do the Nobel Science Prizes Actually Represent?".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008). "Women in Science: A Look Back and a Look Forward".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008, 05. januar). 诺奖无法避开人类的薄弱意志. 21st Century Business Herald (China).
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2008, 07. januar). 诺奖无法避开人类的薄弱意志. Nanfang Daily.
- Friedman, Robert Marc & Schultz, David (2008). "Tor Harold Perceval Bergeron". New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 1, s 245- 250
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007, 10. desember). "A Hint of Ignobility". The Straights Times (Singapore).
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007, 14. desember). "Cultul Nobelului". Ziua (Romania).
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007). 'Et forjættende symbol': Aulaen, universitetet og folket..
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007, 15. desember). "H Λατρεία του Νόμπελ". Kerdos (Hellas).
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007). "Museums, collections, and spaces: Cultural politics of academic science in Norway, 1880-1920".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007, 11. desember). "Nobel Cult". The Independent (Dhaka, Bagladesh).
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007, 09. desember). [Nobel cult]. Die Welt.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007, 12. desember). [Nobel cult]. L'Orient-Le Jour.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007, 09. desember). "Nobel cult lowers prestige of prize". The Sunday Nation (Thailand).
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007, 17. desember). "Nobel prize cult fraught with frailties, agendas.". Shanghai Daily.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007). “Northern Light: Reflections on cultural politics and the aurora, ca. 1890-1910.”.
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007, 08. desember). "Ozadje Nobelovih nagrad". Dnevnik (Sobota, Slovenia).
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007). Playing with Science: Review of "Science on Stage: From Doctor Faustus to Copenhagen" by Kirsten Shepherd-Barr. EMBO Reports. ISSN 1469-221X. 8(5)
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007, 27. desember). "Prize and prejudice". South China Morning Post (Hong Kong).
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007). "Remembering Miss Meitner: A Drama".
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007, 16. desember). "The Nobel Cult". Budapest Analyses (Hungary).
- Friedman, Robert Marc (2007, 18. desember). "The Nobel Cult". Daily Times (Pakistan).