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This book explores the rise of theoretical physics in 19th century Germany. The authors show how the junior second physicist in German universities over time became the theoretical physicist, of equal standing to the experimental physicist. Gustav Kirchhoff, Hermann von Helmholt…
This book traces the history of Arnold Sommerfelds famous nursery of theoretical physics at the University of Munich and demonstrates the centrality of developing personal and institutional networks for the emergence of quantum theory. Sommerfeld, originally a mathematician with…
This book traces the history of Arnold Sommerfelds famous nursery of theoretical physics at the University of Munich and demonstrates the centrality of developing personal and institutional networks for the emergence of quantum theory. Sommerfeld, originally a mathematician with…
Max Planck came to prominence after proposing the quantum idea in 1900 and rose steadily to the forefront of scientific leadership in Germany, which retained its lead in science especially in physics, chemistry, and mathematics during the first several decades of the 20th centur…
This anthology of primary sources collects more than 120 documents in English translation portraying the role of physics, both perceived and actual, in the Nazi state. The texts were predominantly written by German scientists, particularly physicists.