LEADER 03915nam 22006735 450 001 9910595045603321 005 20251009105824.0 010 $a3-031-09618-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-09618-1 035 $a(CKB)5840000000091803 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7101969 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7101969 035 $a(PPN)264960793 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-09618-1 035 $a(OCoLC)1346143050 035 $a(EXLCZ)995840000000091803 100 $a20220923d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Stumbling Progress of 20th Century Science $eHow Crises and Great Minds Have Shaped Our Modern World /$fby Lars Jaeger 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (254 pages) 225 1 $aPhysics and Astronomy Series 311 08$a3-031-09617-7 327 $aNewton's World Formula that was not a World Formula - How the Speed of Light Shook up Classical Physics -- The Battle about the Atom: From Boltzmann to Einstein ? How Pure Chance Broke into the Well-Ordered World of Physics -- Mathematics Becomes Paradoxical - Georg Cantor and the Insurmountable Contradictions in Infinity -- Darwin's Hesitation and Mendel's Diligence - Life as a Plaything of Molecular Elements -- No more Ground Beneath our Feet - The Collapse of Classical Sciences. 330 $aThe 70 years from 1880 to 1950 witnessed the final ascent of humankind into the modern age. Historically, this period is characterized by deep political, social and economic crises. However, parallel to this and much less known in the public, rational scientific thinking also experienced the darkest and deepest crisis of its own history. All the great modern scientific discoveries like quantum theory, genetics and neurology are products of this. Ground-breaking discoveries, profound crises, revolutionary thoughts, refutation of previously unshakable beliefs - these years are marked by scientific achievements of numerous great minds, who overturned our understanding of the world, of space, time and infinity, of life, logic and calculability almost overnight. The "intuitive genius" of these pioneers still forms the foundation of today?s scientific thinking and technological progress. In fact, tackling and overcoming those deep scientific crises shaped our modern life like nothing else. The resulting reorientation of our understanding of nature and ourselves allowed ancient philosophical questions to appear in a new light: "What is reality?", "What can we know about the world?" or "What is man's place in nature?". The most exciting period in the history of science is retold here in an entertaining way. 410 0$aPhysics and Astronomy Series 606 $aPhysicists$vBiography 606 $aAstronomers$vBiography 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aTechnology$xSociological aspects 606 $aTechnology$xPhilosophy 606 $aBiographies of Physicists and Astronomers 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aScience, Technology and Society 606 $aPhilosophy of Technology 615 0$aPhysicists 615 0$aAstronomers 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aTechnology$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aTechnology$xPhilosophy. 615 14$aBiographies of Physicists and Astronomers. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aScience, Technology and Society. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Technology. 676 $a509 676 $a509.04 700 $aJaeger$b Lars$0835567 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910595045603321 996 $aThe Stumbling Progress of 20th Century Science$92916026 997 $aUNINA