Institute for an Empire - The Psysikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt, 1871-1918

Klappentext The first scholarly study of Imperial Germany's leading scientific institution! the Reichsanstalt. Zusammenfassung An Institute for an Empire is the first scholarly study of Imperial Germany's leading scientific institution. The Reichsanstalt demonstrated how physics and industrial technology could help build a modem society and a modem nation-state; it also encouraged and helped inaugurate the era of Big Science. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; German institutions, organizations, and agencies; Introduction; 1. Physics and empire; 2. Rift in the foundations; 3. Between charisma and bureaucracy; 4. Masters of measurement; 5. The search for reform; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: David Cahan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.12.2004
• EAN: 9780521525190
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52519-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works