Physics Department Personnel

Dr. Rein Uritam

Associate Professor of Physics

617-552-8471
Higgins Hall 230A
uritam@bc.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Physics, Princeton University, 1968
  
• M.A., Physics, Princeton University, 1965

Areas of Research
Particle phenomenology, current algebra, broken symmetries; foundations of quantum mechanics; non-Western and Medieval scientific traditions; role of history and philosophy of science in physics education; role of science in liberal education; connection between science and religion.

Publications

• Review of early physics and astronomy; A historical introduction, by Olaf Pedersen (Cambridge U.P., 1993). R.A. Uritam, American Journal of Physics, vol. 62, p. 954, (1994).
  
• Review on Maxwell on molecules and gases, edited by Elizabeth Garber, Stephan Brush and C. Everitt (MIT Press, 1986). R.A. Uritam, Journal of College Science Teaching, vol. 18, p. 57, (1988).
  
• Review of On the Frotiers of Science, by G. Harry Stine (Atheneum, 1985). R.A. Uritam, Journal of College Science Teaching, vol. 17, p. 223, (1988).