After-effects of Einstein's Paris Visit

Jimena Canales is an award-winning author and scholar focusing on science in the modern world. She received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in the History of Science and a BSc in Engineering Physics from the Tecnológico de Monterrey. Her published books include A Tenth of a Second: A History (The Guardian's Top 10 Books About Time) and The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson and the Debate that Changed our Understanding of Time (Best Science Books for 2015 by Science Friday, NPR, Public Radio International and Brainpickings, The Independent's Top Reads for 2015, The Tablet's Books of the Year for 2016). Her scholarly work on the history of science and her work on visual, film and media studies have been widely published. Canales is currently a faculty member of the Graduate College at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a Research Affiliate at MIT. She was previously the Thomas M. Siebel Professor for the History of Science at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and an Associate Professor at Harvard University.