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; history and philosophy of physics
 
 

Biography

Employed in Silicon Valley’s information technology industry, I’m pursing a flex-time PhD (since 2013) with IHPST. My dissertation examines 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, culminating in mid-1960s 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.