Ilse Rosenthal-Schneider (1891–1990), a refugee immigrant to Australia in 1938, was a student of Nobel Prize-winning physicists, Einstein, Planck, and von Laue. She combined a background in physics, especially relativity theory, with a philosophical focus on the nature and possibilities of knowledge. As well as working at the University of Sydney to teach science students how to recognise philosophical issues in their subjects, she drove a major outreach programme to regional towns in New South Wales, where she was fêted by her audiences as a highly accomplished science communicator. Her best-known book, published in 1980, examined her interactions with Einstein, Planck, and von Laue by expanding on how all of them understood the relationship between science and philosophy. Rosenthal-Schneider never achieved a great deal of recognition, due in part to the limited opportunities for women of her era, but also due to her insistence on bridging disciplines and engaging in a scientific and philosophical dialogue beyond academia. We will show how Rosenthal-Schneider explored the borderlands of science and philosophy throughout her life, as she argued for the relevance of philosophical questions to practising scientists and non-academic publics in Australia.

Ilse Rosenthal-Schneider (1891–1990)，1938 年移民到澳大利亚的难民，是诺贝尔奖获得者物理学家爱因斯坦、普朗克和冯劳厄的学生。她结合了物理学背景，尤其是相对论的背景，以及对知识的本质和可能性的哲学关注。除了在悉尼大学教理科学生如何识别学科中的哲学问题外，她还推动了一项主要的外展计划到新南威尔士州的地区城镇，在那里，她作为一名出色的科学传播者受到观众的欢迎。她最著名的著作于 1980 年出版，通过扩展他们所有人如何理解科学与哲学之间的关系，研究了她与爱因斯坦、普朗克和冯劳厄的互动。罗森塔尔-施耐德从未获得过广泛的认可，部分原因是她那个时代的女性机会有限，但也因为她坚持跨越学科并参与学术界以外的科学和哲学对话。我们将展示 Rosenthal-Schneider 如何在她的一生中探索科学和哲学的边界，因为她论证了哲学问题与澳大利亚的实践科学家和非学术公众的相关性。