Intellectual Mastery Of Nature Theoretical Physics From Ohm To Einstein Volume 2

Author : Christa Jungnickel,Russell McCormmach
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990-09-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780226415826

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Intellectual Mastery of Nature. Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, Volume 1 by Christa Jungnickel,Russell McCormmach Pdf

Christina Jungnickel and Russell McCormmach have created in these two volumes a panoramic history of German theoretical physics. Bridging social, institutional, and intellectual history, they chronicle the work of the researchers who, from the first years of the nineteenth century, strove for an intellectual mastery of nature. Volume 1 opens with an account of physics in Germany at the beginning of the nineteenth century and of German physicists' reception of foreign mathematical and experimental work. Jungnickel and McCormmach follow G. S. Ohm, Wilhelm Weber, Franz Neumann, and others as these scientists work out the new possibilities for physics, introduce student laboratories and instruction in mathematical physics, organize societies and journals, and establish and advance major theories of classical physics. Before the end of the nineteenth century, German physics and its offspring, theoretical physics, had acquired nearly their present organizational forms. The foundations of the classical picture of the physical world had been securely laid, preparing the way for the developments that are the subject of volume 2.

Author : Christa Jungnickel,Russell McCormmach
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1990-09-24
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780226415857

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Intellectual Mastery of Nature. Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, Volume 2 by Christa Jungnickel,Russell McCormmach Pdf

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

Author : Christa Jungnickel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Mathematical physics
ISBN : LCCN:lc85016507

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Intellectual Mastery of Nature: The torch of mathematics, 1800-1870 by Christa Jungnickel Pdf

Author : John S. Rigden
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0674015444

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Einstein 1905 by John S. Rigden Pdf

For Albert Einstein, 1905 was a remarkable year. It was also a miraculous year for the history and future of science. In six short months, from March through September of that year, Einstein published five papers that would transform our understanding of nature. This unparalleled period is the subject of John Rigden's book, which deftly explains what distinguishes 1905 from all other years in the annals of science, and elevates Einstein above all other scientists of the twentieth century. Rigden chronicles the momentous theories that Einstein put forth beginning in March 1905: his particle theory of light, rejected for decades but now a staple of physics; his overlooked dissertation on molecular dimensions; his theory of Brownian motion; his theory of special relativity; and the work in which his famous equation, E = mc2, first appeared. Through his lucid exposition of these ideas, the context in which they were presented, and the impact they had--and still have--on society, Rigden makes the circumstances of Einstein's greatness thoroughly and captivatingly clear. To help readers understand how these ideas continued to develop, he briefly describes Einstein's post-1905 contributions, including the general theory of relativity. One hundred years after Einstein's prodigious accomplishment, this book invites us to learn about ideas that have influenced our lives in almost inconceivable ways, and to appreciate their author's status as the standard of greatness in twentieth-century science.

Author : Jed Z. Buchwald,Robert Fox
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 956 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199696253

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The Oxford Handbook of the History of Physics by Jed Z. Buchwald,Robert Fox Pdf

Presents a history of physics, examining the theories and experimental practices of the science.

Author : Malcolm Longair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 687 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107083691

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Maxwell's Enduring Legacy by Malcolm Longair Pdf

An authoritative scientific history of a world-leading physics laboratory from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day.

Author : David J. Murray,Stephen W. Link
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317218586

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The Creation of Scientific Psychology by David J. Murray,Stephen W. Link Pdf

With an emphasis on developments taking place in Germany during the nineteenth century, this book provides in-depth examinations of the key contributions made by the pioneers of scientific psychology. Their works brought measurement and mathematics into the study of the mind. Through unique analysis of measurement theory by Whewell, mathematical developments by Gauss, and theories of mental processes developed by Herbart, Weber, Fechner, Helmholtz, Müller, Delboeuf and others, this volume maps the beliefs, discoveries, and interactions that constitute the very origins of psychophysics and its offspring Experimental Psychology. Murray and Link expertly combine nuanced understanding of linguistic and historic factors to identify theoretical approaches to relating physicalintensities and psychological magnitudes. With an eye to interactions and influences on future work in the field, the volume illustrates the important legacy that mathematical developments in the nineteenth century have for twentieth and twenty-first century psychologists. This detailed and engaging account fills a deep gap in the history of psychology. The Creation of Scientific Psychology will appeal to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of history of psychology, psychophysics, scientific, and mathematical psychology.

Author : Peter Harrison,Ronald L. Numbers,Michael H. Shank
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226318035

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Wrestling with Nature by Peter Harrison,Ronald L. Numbers,Michael H. Shank Pdf

When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy, some to the speculations of natural philosophers of ancient Greece. Others have opted for early modern Europe, which saw the triumph of Copernicanism and the birth of experimental science, while yet another view is that the appearance of science was postponed until the nineteenth century. Rather than posit a modern definition of science and search for evidence of it in the past, the contributors to Wrestling with Nature examine how students of nature themselves, in various cultures and periods of history, have understood and represented their work. The aim of each chapter is to explain the content, goals, methods, practices, and institutions associated with the investigation of nature and to articulate the strengths, limitations, and boundaries of these efforts from the perspective of the researchers themselves. With contributions from experts representing different historical periods and different disciplinary specializations, this volume offers a fresh perspective on the history of science and on what it meant, in other times and places, to wrestle with nature.

Author : Richard Staley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226770574

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Einstein's Generation by Richard Staley Pdf

'Einstein's Generation' offers a new approach to the origins of modern physics by exploring both the material culture that stimulated relativity and the reaction of Einstein's colleagues to his pioneering work.

Author : Milena Wazeck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781107017443

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Einstein's Opponents by Milena Wazeck Pdf

Exploring the ferocious opposition which once surrounded the theory of relativity, this fascinating account details the strategies and motivations of Einstein's detractors. A unique insight into the dynamics of scientific controversies, ideal for anyone interested in the history and philosophy of physics, popular science, and the public understanding of science.

Author : Don Howard,John J. Stachel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0817640304

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Einstein by Don Howard,John J. Stachel Pdf

This book, for a broad readership, examines the young Einstein from a variety of perspectives - personal, scientific, historical, and philosophical.

Author : Arne Hessenbruch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134263011

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Reader's Guide to the History of Science by Arne Hessenbruch Pdf

The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and disciplines (Mathematics), general themes (Romantic Science) and central concepts (Paradigm and Fact). The history of science is construed widely to include the history of medicine and technology as is reflected in the range of disciplines from which the international team of 200 contributors are drawn.

Author : Stephen G. Brush,Ariel Segal
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199978151

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Making 20th Century Science by Stephen G. Brush,Ariel Segal Pdf

Historically, the scientific method has been said to require proposing a theory, making a prediction of something not already known, testing the prediction, and giving up the theory (or substantially changing it) if it fails the test. A theory that leads to several successful predictions is more likely to be accepted than one that only explains what is already known but not understood. This process is widely treated as the conventional method of achieving scientific progress, and was used throughout the twentieth century as the standard route to discovery and experimentation. But does science really work this way? In Making 20th Century Science, Stephen G. Brush discusses this question, as it relates to the development of science throughout the last century. Answering this question requires both a philosophically and historically scientific approach, and Brush blends the two in order to take a close look at how scientific methodology has developed. Several cases from the history of modern physical and biological science are examined, including Mendeleev's Periodic Law, Kekule's structure for benzene, the light-quantum hypothesis, quantum mechanics, chromosome theory, and natural selection. In general it is found that theories are accepted for a combination of successful predictions and better explanations of old facts. Making 20th Century Science is a large-scale historical look at the implementation of the scientific method, and how scientific theories come to be accepted.

Author : Ralph R. Hamerla
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 1402040881

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An American Scientist on the Research Frontier by Ralph R. Hamerla Pdf

An American Scientist on the Research Frontier is the first scholarly study of the nineteenth-century American scientist Edward Williams Morley. In part, it is the long-overdue story of a man who lent his name to the Michelson and Morley Ether-Drift Experiment, and who conclusively established the atomic weight of oxygen. It is also the untold story of science in provincial America: what Hamerla presents as science on the "American research frontier". This important examination of Morley’s struggle for personal and professional legitimacy extends and transforms our understanding of science during a foundational period, and leads to a number of unique conclusions that are vital to the literature and historiography of science. By revealing important aspects of the scientific culture of the American heartland, An American Scientist on the Research Frontier deepens our understanding of an individual scientist and of American science more broadly. In so doing, Hamerla changes the way we approach and understand the creation of scientific knowledge, scientific communities, and the history of science itself.

Author : Ze’ev Rosenkranz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400838370

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Einstein Before Israel by Ze’ev Rosenkranz Pdf

Was Einstein a Zionist? Albert Einstein was initially skeptical and even disdainful of the Zionist movement, yet he affiliated himself with this controversial political ideology and today is widely seen as an outspoken advocate for a modern Jewish homeland in Palestine. What enticed this renowned scientist and humanitarian, who repeatedly condemned nationalism of all forms, to radically change his views? Was he in fact a Zionist? Einstein Before Israel traces Einstein's involvement with Zionism from his initial contacts with the movement at the end of World War I to his emigration from Germany in 1933 in the wake of Hitler's rise to power. Drawing on a wealth of rare archival evidence—much of it never before published—this book offers the most nuanced picture yet of Einstein's complex and sometimes stormy relationship with Jewish nationalism. Ze'ev Rosenkranz sheds new light on Einstein's encounters with prominent Zionist leaders, and reveals exactly what Einstein did and didn't like about Zionist beliefs, objectives, and methods. He looks at the personal, cultural, and political factors that led Einstein to support certain goals of Jewish nationalism; his role in the birth of the Hebrew University; his impressions of the emerging Jewish settlements in Palestine; and his reaction to mounting violence in the Arab-Jewish conflict. Rosenkranz explores a host of fascinating questions, such as whether Zionists sought to silence Einstein's criticism of their movement, whether Einstein was the real manipulator, and whether this Zionist icon was indeed a committed believer in Zionism or an iconoclast beholden to no one.