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Biographies in the History of Physics [[electronic resource] ] : Actors, Objects, Institutions / / edited by Christian Forstner, Mark Walker
| Biographies in the History of Physics [[electronic resource] ] : Actors, Objects, Institutions / / edited by Christian Forstner, Mark Walker |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VI, 324 p. 38 illus., 7 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 530.092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Physics
History Physical measurements Measurement Science—Social aspects History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics History of Science Measurement Science and Instrumentation Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education |
| ISBN | 3-030-48509-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface (Christian Forstner, Dieter Hoffmann, Mark Walker) -- Biography of what? Biographies and the History of Physics (Christian Forstner) -- Autobiography as history, curriculum vitae, or ars moriendi? (Thomas Söderqvist) -- Bridging Personal and Professional: Margaret Maltby’s Life in Early Twentieth Century Physics (Joanna Behrman) -- The Monastic Natural Philosopher – An Eighteenth Century Scientific Persona (Julia Bloemer) -- Ludwig Prandtl -- Pioneer of Fluid Mechanics and Science Manager (Michael Eckert) -- Rudolf Tomaschek: An exponent of the ‘Deutsche Physik’ movement (Vanessa Osganian) -- Erwin Schrödinger in Spain (Enric Pérez) -- Whose Biography Is It Anyway?: The Intersection of Biographies of Institutions, Leaders, and Instruments (Catherine Westfall) -- Institutionalizing Einstein’s Theory During the Cold War: Toward a Biography of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation(Roberto Lalli) -- Marxism-Leninism and Relativity: Science and Ideology in Hans-Jürgen Treder’s early academic career (Raphael Schlattmann) -- A “Biography of the Max Planck Society:” The development of research clusters (Carsten Reinhardt) -- Institutional biographies in time and frequency metrology: the case of the French Laboratoire National de Radioélectricité (Eckhard Wallis) -- A biographical sketch of the last days of the ether (Jaume Navarro) -- The Biography of a Concept – The “Birth” of Virtual Particles as a Case Study (Markus Ehberger) -- The Biography of the German Atomic Bomb (Mark Walker) -- The colour top and the distinction between additive and subtractive colour mixing (Valentina Roberti) -- Scientific instruments turning into toys. From Franklin’s palm glass to dipping birds. (Takis Lazos) -- The transformation of research experiments into teaching devices (Peter Heering) -- Lost in the production of time and space: the transformation of the Airy Transit Circle from a working telescope to a museum object (Daniel Belteki). . |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996418177503316 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Biographies in the History of Physics : Actors, Objects, Institutions / / edited by Christian Forstner, Mark Walker
| Biographies in the History of Physics : Actors, Objects, Institutions / / edited by Christian Forstner, Mark Walker |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VI, 324 p. 38 illus., 7 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 530.092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Physics
History Physical measurements Measurement Science—Social aspects History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics History of Science Measurement Science and Instrumentation Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education |
| ISBN | 3-030-48509-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface (Christian Forstner, Dieter Hoffmann, Mark Walker) -- Biography of what? Biographies and the History of Physics (Christian Forstner) -- Autobiography as history, curriculum vitae, or ars moriendi? (Thomas Söderqvist) -- Bridging Personal and Professional: Margaret Maltby’s Life in Early Twentieth Century Physics (Joanna Behrman) -- The Monastic Natural Philosopher – An Eighteenth Century Scientific Persona (Julia Bloemer) -- Ludwig Prandtl -- Pioneer of Fluid Mechanics and Science Manager (Michael Eckert) -- Rudolf Tomaschek: An exponent of the ‘Deutsche Physik’ movement (Vanessa Osganian) -- Erwin Schrödinger in Spain (Enric Pérez) -- Whose Biography Is It Anyway?: The Intersection of Biographies of Institutions, Leaders, and Instruments (Catherine Westfall) -- Institutionalizing Einstein’s Theory During the Cold War: Toward a Biography of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation(Roberto Lalli) -- Marxism-Leninism and Relativity: Science and Ideology in Hans-Jürgen Treder’s early academic career (Raphael Schlattmann) -- A “Biography of the Max Planck Society:” The development of research clusters (Carsten Reinhardt) -- Institutional biographies in time and frequency metrology: the case of the French Laboratoire National de Radioélectricité (Eckhard Wallis) -- A biographical sketch of the last days of the ether (Jaume Navarro) -- The Biography of a Concept – The “Birth” of Virtual Particles as a Case Study (Markus Ehberger) -- The Biography of the German Atomic Bomb (Mark Walker) -- The colour top and the distinction between additive and subtractive colour mixing (Valentina Roberti) -- Scientific instruments turning into toys. From Franklin’s palm glass to dipping birds. (Takis Lazos) -- The transformation of research experiments into teaching devices (Peter Heering) -- Lost in the production of time and space: the transformation of the Airy Transit Circle from a working telescope to a museum object (Daniel Belteki). . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910412154003321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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