Toby Reid

PhD Candidate

Campus

Fields of Study

Areas of Interest

History of astronomy; history and philosophy of cosmology; history and philosophy of the (general) theory of relativity; philosophy of technology (forecasting)

Biography

Employed in Silicon Valley’s solid-state data storage industry, I’m pursing a flex-time PhD (since 2013) with IHPST. My dissertation will examine the development, emergence, and maturation of an American community of relativistic cosmologists during the second quarter of the 20th century with a focus on its evolution which culminated in mid-1940s physical cosmology. I have completed an MA (2013) at IHPST, an MIS (2001) at FIS/iSchool, and philosophy HBA (1996), all with the University of Toronto.