The Second Physicist On the History of Theoretical Physics in Germany /

• Main Authors: Jungnickel, Christa (Author), McCormmach, Russell (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 48
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Epistemology.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Applications of Mathematics.; History of Science.

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 Helmholtz, and Max Planck are...