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Jungnickel, Christa; McCormmach, Russell – 1986
Intellectual mastery of nature was the stated goal of the German physicists of the nineteenth century. In this first of two volumes, an attempt is made to bridge social, institutional, and intellectual history. Separate sections of the book deal with: (1) establishing physics at the universities; (2) German physicists before 1830; (3) promoting…
Descriptors: College Science, European History, Higher Education, Intellectual History