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John Krige (/ˈkrɡə/) is a historian of science and technology and the Kranzberg Professor at the School of History, Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.

Biography

Krige is originally a physical chemist by training, earning a PhD from the University of Pretoria in the subject. After earning a PhD in philosophy at the University of Sussex, in the United Kingdom in 1979, Krige's intellectual career has been in the history of science and technology, including notable efforts within the project to write the history of CERN and the European Space Agency in the 1980s and 1990s. His main focus is on the place of science and technology in the foreign policies of governments both intra-European and between the U.S. and Western Europe in the cold war.

In 2000, Krige became a professor at Georgia Institute of Technology's School of History and Sociology.[1] As a Francis Bacon Award recipient, Krige became a visiting professor at Caltech's Division of Humanities and Social Science.[1]

Bibliography

As an author

As an editor

Monographs

  • Krige, J. (1992). Prehistory of ESRO 1959/60. Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ESA Publications Division. LCCN 2007416650; 33 pages{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Krige, J. (1993). Early activities of the COPERS and the drafting of the ESRO Convention (1961-62). Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ESA Publications Division. LCCN 93223662; 45 pages{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Krige, John (1993). Europe into space: the Auger years (1959-1967). Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ESA Publications Division. LCCN 93223682.
  • Krige, J.; Russo, Arturo (1994). Europe in space, 1960-1973. Noordwijk: European Space Agency. LCCN 95213704; with the assistance of Lorenza Sebesta; vii+142 pages{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Krige, J.; Russo, Arturo (1994). Reflections on Europe in space. Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ESA Publications Division. LCCN 95111836; iii+49 pages{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Krige, J. (1998). European Meteorological Satellite Programme. Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ESA Publications Division. LCCN 98205702; v+65 pages{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Krige, J.; Russo, A.; Sebesta, L. (2000). History of the European Space Agency 1958-1987. Noordwijk, The Netherlands: European Space Agency. LCCN 00392482.

Awards

  • 2020 Francis Bacon Award.[1]

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