Call number:
1.4/M 19.92463
Description / Table of 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
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
viii, 937 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
978-0-226-48114-2
Language:
English
Location:
Reading room
Branch Library:
GFZ Library
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