Peter Achinstein (born June 30, 1935) is an American philosopher of science at Johns Hopkins University.
This book is a study of methodological problems arising from three episodes in 19th century physics: the wave-particle debate about light, the development of the kinetic-molecular theory, and the discovery of the electron.
In 2013, Achinstein published Evidence and Method: Scientific Strategies of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell.
[2] His daughter, Sharon Achinstein, is the Sir William Osler Professor of English at The Johns Hopkins University.
Among his best-known students are Alexander Rosenberg, with whom he shared the Lakatos Award, Kent Staley, and Helen Longino.