Intellectual Mastery of Nature. Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, Volume 2 - Christa Jungnickel

Winner of the 1987 Pfizer Award of the History of Science Society"A majestic study of a most important spoch of intellectualhistory."Brian Pippard, Times Literary Supplement"The authors' use of archival sources hitherto almostuntouched gives their story a startling vividness. These volumesare among the finest works produced by historians of physics."JedZ. Buchwald, Isis"The authors painstakingly reconstruct the minutiae oflaboratory budgets, instrument collections, and student numbers;they disentangle the intrigues of faculty appointments and theprofessional values those appointments reflected; they explorecollegial relationships among physicists; and they document theunending campaign of scientists to wring further support forphysics from often reluctant ministries."R. Steven Turner, Science"Superbly written and exhaustively researched."Peter Harman,Nature.