I am a philosopher and historian of science and technology with a strong focus on women and gender issues at the intersection of physics, mathematics, computing, and AI. I am currently PI of a DFG project at the Technical University of Munich TUM, examining the role of women in the history of quantum physics, with a particular focus on Grete Hermann (1901-1984), who built bridges between quantum physics, politics, and ethics. Previously, I was a substitute professor of the history of technology at TUM, a research group leader in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Siegen, and a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (HWPS) at Paderborn University. I am holding a PhD in Philosophy from Paderborn University.
- 2025-2028 DFG project "Grete Hermann: From Mathematics and Quantum Physics to Politics and Ethics"
- 2022-2025 DFG Projekt “Gestures and Diagrams in Visual-Spatial Communication” (Teilprojekt des Sonderforschungsprogramms ViCom: DFG Priority Programme 2329)
- Articles
If you are interested in an article that is not available as Open Access, please feel free to contact me: andrea.reichenberger(at)tum.de
Reichenberger, A. (2026). “Feminist Perspectives on the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology.'” In: Gloria Dell’Eva, Anne Konsek, and Veronika Weidner (eds.). Feminisms. Positions and Perspectives. Alber: Baden-Baden. (forthcoming)
Reichenberger, A. (2026). “The Matilda Wikipedia Effect: Digital Gendered Spaces in the History of Philosophy and Science.” In: Lisa Brunner, Tanja Eigner-Grassmugg, and Sarah Seinitzer (eds.). Making Women Visible in Philosophy and History of Science. Freiburg i.B.: Herder WBG. (forthcoming)
Reichenberger, A. (2025). “Women and Gender in the History and Philosophy of Western Science: 1750–1900.” In: Elise Crull and Erik L. Peterson, eds.: History and Philosophy of Science, 1750-1900. Bloomsbury. (forthcoming)
Reichenberger, A. (2025). “Grete Hermann: From Quantum Physics to Ethics.” HOPOS. The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science. [preprint]
Reichenberger, A. (2025). “Shaping the History of Quantum Physics to Make Women Visible.” Nature Reviews Physics 7, 404–405. [Link] [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2025). “From Quantum Physics to Ethics: Grete Hermann on Heisenberg’s Cut.” In: Patrick Charbonneau, Michelle Frank, Margriet van der Heijden, Daniela Monaldi (eds.). Women in the History of Quantum Physics. Beyond Knabenphysik. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 309–336. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2025). “Grete Hermann: Eine Brückenbauerin zwischen Physik, Philosophie und Politik.” Physik Journal 24/6, 34–36. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2025). “Simplicity. A Sideways Look at Hilbert’s 24th Problem.” In: Elena Ficara, Anna-Sophie Heinemann, Julia Franke-Reddig, and Andrea Reichenberger, eds. Rethinking the History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Exact Sciences. College Publications, London, 333–348. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2025). „Cassirers Antwort auf Frege , Dedekind und Cantor: Über die Freiheit mathematischer Begriffsbildung.“' In: Daniel König and Gregor Nickel (eds.) Ernst Cassirers Theoretische Philosophie. Perspektiven aus Mathematik- und Kulturphilosophie. Meiner: Hamburg, 191–216. [Link]
Reichenberger, A., J. Lemanski and R. Bhattacharjee (2025). “The Role of Gestures in Logic.” Multimodal Communication 15. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2025). “Grete Hermann’s Ethical Philosophy of Physics.” Physics Today 77 (9): 44–50. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2024). “A Short Note on the Early History of the Spectrum Problem and Finite Model Theory.” History and Philosophy of Logic 46, 287–296. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2024). “Philosophie und Physik. Zu Grete Hermanns neukantianischen Interpretation der Quantenmechanik.” In: Kay Herrmann und Boris Schwitzer, Hgg.: Kantisches Denken in der Tradition von Jakob Friedrich Fries und Leonard Nelson im 20. Jahrhundert: Wirkungen und Aktualität. Stuttgart: Springer-Verlag / J.B. Metzler, 271–295. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2023). “Historiography of Science and Gender.” In: Mauro L. Condé and Marlon Solomon, eds. Handbook of the Historiography of Science. Cham: Springer, 543–564. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2023). “Elli Heesch, Heinrich Heesch and Hilbert’s Eighteenth Problem: Collaborative Research between Philosophy, Mathematics and Application.” British Journal for the History of Mathematics 38(3), 208–228. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2023). “Diversifying History and Philosophy of Physics: Teaching Émilie Du Châtelet, Luise Lange and Grete Hermann.” In: Chelsea C. Harry and George Vlahakis, eds. Exploring the Contributions of Women in the History of Philosophy, Science, and Literature, Throughout Time. Cham: Springer, 151–162. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2023). “Rózsa Péter on the Philosophy and Foundations of Mathematics: A Reappraisal.” In: Jeanne Peijnenburg and Sander Verhaegh, eds.: Women in the History of Analytic Philosophy. Cham: Springer, 93–110. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2022). “Der Matilda-Effekt in der Philosophiegeschichte der Mathematik. Beispiele, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven.” In: Renate Motzer und Andrea Blunck, Hgg.: Mathematik und Gender: Berichte und Beiträge des Arbeitskreises Frauen und Mathematik, Bd. 7. Berlin: Franzbecker, 42–58. PDF
Reichenberger, A. (2022). “The Reception of Émilie Du Châtelet in the German Enlightenment.” In: Ruth Hagengruber, ed. Époque Émilienne. Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences. Cham: Springer, 129–145. [Link]
Reichenberger, A., Anger, C., Berwe, T., Lemanski, J., Olszok, A. (2022). “Five Dogmas of Logic Diagrams and How to Escape Them.” Language & Communication 87, 258–270.
Reichenberger, A. (2021). “Émilie Du Châtelet on Space and Time.” Revue d’histoire des sciences 74(2), 331–355. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2021). “Zwei Fundstücke zur Henri Poincaré.” In: Ralf Krömer und Gregor Nickel, Hgg.: Siegener Beiträge zur Geschichte und Philosophie der Mathematik, Bd. 13. Siegen: Universitätsverl. Siegen, 127–154. 10.25819/ubsi/7205
Reichenberger, A. (2020). “Du Châtelet and Newton.” In: D. Jalobeanu and C. T. Wolfe, eds.: Encyclopedia of Modern Philosophy and Science. Springer, 504–510. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2019). “From Solvability to Formal Decidability. Revisiting Hilbert’s Non-Ignorabimus.” Journal for Humanistic Mathematics 9:1, 49–80. 10.5642/jhummath.201901.05
Reichenberger, A. and An.-S. Heinemann (2019). “Papst und Krenz: Zur Philosophie und Arithmetik Freges.” In: Matthias Wille, Hg.: Fregesche Variationen. Essays zu Ehren von Christian Thiel. Münster: Mentis, 32–57. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2019). “Marie Deutschbein’s and Walther Brand’s Introduction to the Foundations of Mathematics (1929): A Book for Teaching Practise?” In: Ralf Krömer und Gregor Nickel, Hgg.: Siegener Beiträge zur Geschichte und Philosophie der Mathematik, Bd. 7. Siegen: Universitätsverl. Siegen, 101–114. [Link]
Reichenberger, A (2019). “Women and Logic. What Can Women’s Studies Contribute to the History of Formal Logic? A Commentary on Karin Beiküfner’s Translation.” Transversal. International Journal for the Historiography of Science 6, 6–14. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2018). “How to Teach History of Philosophy and Science: A Digital Based Case Study.” In: R. Pisano, ed.: Methods and Cognitive Modelling in the History and Philosophy of Science–&–Education. Special Issue on HPS–&–Education in Transversal. International Journal for the Historiography of Science 5, 84–99. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2018). “Emilie du Châtelet’s Interpretation of the Laws of Motion in the Light of 18th Century Mechanics.” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 69 (June), 1–11. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2018). “The Clock Paradox: Luise Lange’s Discussion.” In: A. Christian, D. Hommen, N. Retzlaff and G. Schurz, eds.: Philosophy of Science. Between the Natural Science, the Social Sciences, and the Humanities. Cham: Springer, 55–61. [Link]
A list of publications prior to 2018 can be found here.
- Books
Reichenberger, A. Émilie Du Châtelets Institutions physiques. Über die Rolle von Prinzipien und Hypothesen in der Physik. Wiesbaden: Springer 2016. [rev. by Clara Carus in Mathematical Intelligencer 2018, 40/3, 75–76.]
- Special Issues
Reichenberger, A., Elena Ficara, Julia-Franke Reddig and Anna-Sophie Heinemann, eds.: Revisiting the History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Exact Sciences. London. College Publications, vols. 53-54. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. and Moema Vergara, eds. (2019). Women in Sciences: Historiography of Science and History of Science. Special Issue of Transversal. International Journal for the Historiography of Science vol. 6. [Link]
- Open Educational Ressources
Gender & Mathematik: Gendering Mint Digital
Online Reading Guide: Du Châtelet’s Foundations of Physics.
- Miscellaneous
Reichenberger, A. (2025). “Laser, Licht und Quanten: Der Beitrag von Forscherinnen.” Katalog zur Sonderausstellung im Deutschen Museum: eine faszinierende Reise durch die Geheimnisse von Licht und Materie. [im Erscheinen]
Reichenberger, A. (2023). “Frauen in der Physikgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts: der andere Blick auf Relativität und Quanten.” Journal Netzwerk Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW 52, 70–71. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2023). “Brief Lives: Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1749).” Philosophy Now 154, 60–62. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. and M. Ziegler (2022). “KI aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive.” FIfF-Kommunikation 2/2022, 25–27. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2022). Features. A workshop on Female Logicians, Celebrating the UNESCO World Logic Day. European Scientist. 4.02.2022. [Link]
Reichenberger, A. (2020). “Epidemien und ihre Folgen. Aus der Geschichte lernen.” Cicero. Magazin für politische Kultur. 26. April 2020. [Link]
- 2025: Winner of the Taylor and Francis Early Career Research Prize / BSHM British Society of the History of Mathematics [Link]
- 2010: Certificate from the Institute of Mathematical Logic and Biological Systems, La Plata, Argentina
- 2009: Best Paper at the 32nd Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence for joint work with Florentin Neumann and Martin Ziegler
- 2006: Certificate Colloquium Logicum of the German Association for Mathematical Logic and for Foundations of Exact Sciences (DVMLG)