Second Physicist

On the History of Theoretical Physics in Germany

AvChrista Jungnickel,Russell McCormmach

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

The authors explain the nature of the work of theoretical physics with many examples, taking care always to locate the research within the workplace.The book is a revised and shortened version of Intellectual Mastery of Nature: Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, a two-volume work by the same authors.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-08-01
Mått:155 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt:739 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Archimedes
Antal sidor:460
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319841908

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“The shorter version is better suited to a wide readership. … Enough of the remarkable details are present … .” (Lewis Pyenson, Isis, Vol. 113 (1), March, 2022)

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Toward a Characterization of Theoretical Physics in Germany.- Chapter 2. Establishing Physics at the Universities.- Chapter 3. German Physicists before and around 1830.- Chapter 4. Promoting a New Physics: Earth Magnetism at Göttingen.- Chapter 5. Reforms in Teaching University Physics: Development of the Seminar and the Laboratory in the 1830s and 1840s.- Chapter 6. Physics Research in "Poggendorff's Annalen" in the 1840s.- Chapter 7. Connecting Laws: Careers and Theories in the 1840s.- Chapter 8. Mathematicians and Physicists.- Chapter 9. Kirchhoff, Clausius, Weber, and Connectedness.- Chapter 10. Physical Research in the Annalen and Other Journals around 1870.- Chapter 11. Positions in Theoretical Physics.- Chapter 12. Methods of Theoretical Physics.- Chapter 13. Ordinary Professorships for Theoretical Physics.- Chapter 14. Physical Research inthe Annalen and in the Fortschritte.- Chapter 15. Foundations and Connections.- Chapter 16. Concluding Observations.