Christian Forstner & Mark Walker 
Biographies in the History of Physics [PDF ebook] 
Actors, Objects, Institutions

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This book sheds new light on the biographical approach in the history of physics by including the biographies of scientific objects, institutions, and concepts. What is a biography? Can biographies also be written for non-human subjects like scientific instruments, institutions or concepts? The respective chapters of this book discuss these controversial questions using examples from the history of physics. By approaching biography as metaphor, it transcends the boundaries betwe...

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Table of Content

Preface (Christian Forstner, Dieter Hoffmann, Mark Walker).- Biography of what? Biographies and the History of Physics (Christian Forstner).- Autobiography a...

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About the author

Christian Forstner is a Heisenberg-Fellow at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany. Graduated in physics, he started a career in the history of science...

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 324 ● ISBN 9783030485092 ● File size 6.2 MB ● Editor Christian Forstner & Mark Walker ● Publisher Springer International Publishing ● City Cham ● Country CH ● Published 2020 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7538169 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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