John Stachel (/ˈstætʃəl/; born March 29, 1928) is an Americanphysicist andphilosopher of science.

Stachel earned hisPhD atStevens Institute of Technology inPhysics about a topic inGeneral relativity in 1958. After holding different teaching positions atLehigh University and theUniversity of Pittsburgh, he went 1964 toBoston University where he was professor of physics until hisemeritation.

In 1977, Stachel became the first editor of theEinstein Papers Project, then atBoston University. The first two volumes (out of a projected twenty-five) ofThe Collected Papers of Albert Einstein were published during his tenure.

He is head of the Boston UniversityCenter for Einstein Studies and, together withDon Howard, publishes the book seriesEinstein Studies.

Stachel also authored a text, entitledEinstein: From 'B' to 'Z'.^[1] In 2005, he delivered theBritish Academy's Master-Mind Lecture.^[2]

• A. Einstein; J. Stachel,D.C. Cassidy, et al., eds.,The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Vol. 1: The Early Years, 1879–1902, Princeton University Press 1987,ISBN 0-691-08407-6^[3][4]
• A. Einstein; J. Stachel, D.C. Cassidy, et al., eds.,The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Vol. 2: The Swiss Years: Writings, 1900-1909, Princeton University Press 1989,ISBN 0-691-08526-9^[5]
• A. Ashtekar, J. Stachel, eds.,Conceptual Problems of Quantum Gravity, Springer 1991,ISBN 0-8176-3443-6
• D. Howard, J. Stachel,Einstein, The Formative Years 1879–1909, Birkhäuser 2000,ISBN 0-8176-4030-4
• J. Stachel,Einstein from 'B' to 'Z', Birkhauser 2002,ISBN 0-8176-4143-2
• A. Ashtekar et al., eds.,Revisiting the Foundations of Relativistic Physics: Festschrift in Honor of John Stachel, Kluwer 2003,ISBN 1-4020-1284-5

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