Intellectual Mastery of Nature. Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, Volume 2: The Now Mighty Theoretical Physics, 1870 to 1925 - Couverture souple

Jungnickel, Christa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226415856 ISBN 13 : 9780226415857

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1990

Synopsis

winner of the 1987 pfizer award of the history of science society

"a majestic study of a most important spoch of intellectual
history."—brian pippard, times literary supplement

"the authors' use of archival sources hitherto almost
untouched gives their story a startling vividness. These volumes
are among the finest works produced by historians of physics."—jed
z. Buchwald, isis

"the authors painstakingly reconstruct the minutiae of
laboratory budgets, instrument collections, and student numbers;
they disentangle the intrigues of faculty appointments and the
professional values those appointments reflected; they explore
collegial relationships among physicists; and they document the
unending campaign of scientists to wring further support for
physics from often reluctant ministries."—r. Steven turner, science

"superbly written and exhaustively researched."—peter harman,
nature

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

winner of the 1987 pfizer award of the history of science society

"a majestic study of a most important spoch of intellectual
history."—brian pippard, times literary supplement

"the authors' use of archival sources hitherto almost
untouched gives their story a startling vividness. These volumes
are among the finest works produced by historians of physics."—jed
z. Buchwald, isis

"the authors painstakingly reconstruct the minutiae of
laboratory budgets, instrument collections, and student numbers;
they disentangle the intrigues of faculty appointments and the
professional values those appointments reflected; they explore
collegial relationships among physicists; and they document the
unending campaign of scientists to wring further support for
physics from often reluctant ministries."—r. Steven turner, science

"superbly written and exhaustively researched."—peter harman,
nature

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226415856
• ISBN 13: 9780226415857
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 456
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible