Russell McCormmach
Autor von Nachtgedanken eines klassischen Physikers
Über den Autor
Russell McCormmach is Professor Emeritus of History of Science at the University of Oregon
Werke von Russell McCormmach
Intellectual Mastery of Nature. Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, Volume 1: The Torch of Mathematics 1800-1870 (1986) 28 Exemplare
Speculative Truth: Henry Cavendish, Natural Philosophy, and the Rise of Modern Theoretical Science (2004) 16 Exemplare
The personality of Henry Cavendish - a great scientist with extraordinary peculiarities (2014) 10 Exemplare
Power Lines: Giant Hydroelectric Power in the Pacific Northwest, an Era and a Career (2012) 1 Exemplar
Historical studies in the physical sciences 1 Exemplar
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- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Ausbildung
- Washington State College (BS|Physics|1955)
Oxford University (BA|Politics, Philosophy, and Economics|1959)
Case Institute of Technology (PhD|History of Science|1967) - Berufe
- Professor, History of Science, University of Pennsylvania
Professor, History of Science, Johns Hopkins University - Beziehungen
- Jungnickel, Christa (husband)
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Abraham Pais Prize (History of Physics, 2010)
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While, strictly speaking, Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist is a short novel it is more a history of the changes that were happening in the field of physics. We are in the mind of Victor Jacob, a classical physicist who is nearing retirement from his Institute in 1918. Jacob is a composite character with the thoughts and events of his life and career taken from the lives of many German physicists of the time. He reflects on his own life, remembering how he served in the Army during an earlier war with France, his early studies and career, the new theories that are supplanting those with which he is most comfortable, the course of the war, and a little about what will happen to Germany and to physics after it's over.
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