German Essays on Science in the 20th Century: Albert Einstein, - Werner Heisenberg, Max Planck, and

The 20th century has brought us to the high point of the scientific-technological age but paradoxically marks the beginning of a critical loss of confidence in the very powers of science. This volume in The German Library, a companion to volume 36 (German Essays on Science in the 19th Centiry, also edited by Wolfgang Schirmacher), represents the sciences in a comprehansive way: Physics, Biochemistry, Ecology, Ethology, Social Sciences, Law and Culture. Writers and scientists represented include: Robert Bosch, Albert Einstein, Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, Konrad Lorenz, Lise Meitner, Max Planck, Georg Simmel, Max Weber, and many others.>

Product details

• Authors: Albert Einstein, Wolfgang Schirmacher
• Assisted by: Wolfgang Schirmacher (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780826407474
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-0747-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: German Library (Paperback); German Library (Paperback); German Library S.; German library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Deutschland, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.)