Helmholtz : a life in science /: a life in science. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Cahan.
• Authors: Cahan, David
• Contents: The making of a scientist -- The boy from Potsdam -- At the gymnasium: father and son -- Becoming a medical doctor -- Undiscovered -- Gaining scientific renown -- Scientific networking -- In the private and the public eye -- The new dispensation -- Unhappy intermezzo in Bonn -- The turning point -- The new angel -- The relations of science -- The relations of music -- Popularizing science in Britain and Germany -- Learning to see the world -- Almost a professor of physics -- The road to Berlin -- Scientific grandee -- In the capital of Geist -- The burdens of building physics -- Among the elite -- Kulturkampf in science, I -- Kulturkampf in science, II -- Anti-Helmholtz, again -- In the scientific capitals of Europe -- Institutional brilliance -- Celebrations -- Doyen -- Science, art, and standards business -- Charismatic leader -- Atlantic crossings -- Epilogue: Helmholtz in modern German memory.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 509.2; Biography & Autobiography -- General; Scientists -- Germany -- Biography; Scientists; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology; SCIENCE / History; Biography & Autobiography -- Science & Technology; Science -- History; Science -- Physics; History -- Europe -- Germany; Germany; Biography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226549163
• Related ISBNs: 022654916X; 9780226481142; 022648114X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.