Children Stephanie Name Ilse Rosenthal-Schneider | Fields Physics, Philosophy | |
Born April 25, 1891
Finsterwalde, Brandenburg, German Empire ( 1891-04-25 ) Institutions University of Sydney, Australia Thesis Die Beziehungen der Einsteinschen Relativitatstheorie zur Philosophie unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Kantischen Lehre [The relationship of Einstein's theory of relativity to philosophy, with special reference to the Kantian doctrine (1920) Spouse Hans S. A. Rosenthal (1890 – 1968) (m. 26 August 1922) Died February 6, 1990, Sydney, Australia Alma mater Humboldt University of Berlin Books Reality and Scientific Truth: Discussions with Einstein, Von Laue, and Planck Residence Germany, United Kingdom, Australia | ||
Doctoral advisor Alois Riehl, Max von Laue | ||
Ilse Rosenthal-Schneider (April 25, 1891 – February 6, 1990) was a German-Australian physicist and philosopher. She is best known for her collaboration and correspondence with physicists Albert Einstein, Max von Laue, and Max Planck. Rosenthal-Schneider earned a PhD in philosophy in 1920 at the University of Berlin, where she first met Albert Einstein. After leaving Nazi Germany and emigrating to Australia in 1938, she became a tutor in the German department at the University of Sydney in 1945 and taught history and philosophy of science. In the 1940s and 1950s, she exchanged a series of letters with Albert Einstein about philosophical aspects of physics, such as theory of relativity, fundamental constants and physical reality. She remained in contact with Einstein through correspondence until the death of Einstein in 1955.