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Modelling a research episode. Comment on Gerd GrasshoffPhilosophia Naturalis 35 (1): 201-207. 1998.
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14Joseph D. Martin, Solid State Insurrection: How the Science of Substance Made American Physics Matter. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018. Pp. ix + 280. ISBN 978-0-8229-4538-3. $49.95 (review)British Journal for the History of Science 52 (2): 379-381. 2019.
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21Helen Ross and Cornelis plug, the mystery of the moon illusion: Exploring size perception. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2002. Pp. IX+277. Isbn 0-19-850862-X. 29.95 (review)British Journal for the History of Science 37 (2): 233-233. 2004.
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10Harmonious Triads: Physicists, Musicians, and Instrument Makers in Nineteenth‐Century Germany (review)Isis 99 426-428. 2008.
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14In the Name of Science? P. J. W. Debye and his Career in Nazi Germany (review)Isis 101 439-440. 2010.
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18Jeremy Gray, Henri Poincaré: A Scientific Biography. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2013. Pp. xiii+592. ISBN 978-0-691-15271-4. £24.95 (review)British Journal for the History of Science 46 (4): 725-726. 2013.
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17Heisenberg, German Culture, and Other Such Horrifying ThingsAnnals of Science 57 (3): 301-306. 2000.
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6Helmut Rechenberg, Werner Heisenberg – Die Sprache der Atome. Leben und Wirken – Eine wissenschaftliche Biographie. Die ‘Fröhliche Wissenschaft’ . 2 vols. Heidelberg: Springer, 2010. Pp. xxi+603. ISBN 978-3-540-69221-8. £168.00 (review)British Journal for the History of Science 44 (4): 612-614. 2011.
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24Grebe/Bachems photometrische Analyse der Linienprofile und die Gravitations-Rotverschiebung: 1919 bis 1922Annals of Science 49 (1): 21-46. 1992.An effort of proponents of relativity theory to find evidence for the so-called gravitational red-shift of spectral lines as one of the experimental consequences of Einstein's generalized theory of relativity is reconsidered with reference to hitherto unpublished documents. It is shown how much interest Albert Einstein in fact took, around 1920, in the data analysis of Leonhard Grebe and Albert Bachem, who tried to explain why most earlier efforts to find the gravitational red-shift had failed. …Read more
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12Gauss, Meyerstein and Hanoverian MetrologyAnnals of Science 64 (1): 41-75. 2007.Summary The growing need for standardized units of measure led to major metrological reforms in the mid-nineteenth century. This paper focusses on their implementation in the Kingdom of Hanover and the involvement of C.F. Gauss. His papers reveal how much the success of his precision measurements hinged on the skill of his mechanic M. Meyerstein. A discussion of the regional weights and measures and the standardization procedure is followed by a description of various precision balances and the …Read more
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27Friedrich Hund zum 100. GeburtstagNTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Technik und Medizin 4 (1): 1-18. 1996.
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Einstein und seine Exegeten: Inanspruchnahme und Deformation der Relativitätstheorie durch ihre frühen VerteidigerIn Philipp W. Balsiger & Rudolf Kötter (eds.), Die Kultur moderner Wissenschaft am Beispiel Albert Einstein, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. pp. 69. 2007.
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4Gravity's Ghost: Scientific Discovery in the Twenty-first Century (review)Isis 102 591-592. 2011.
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16Erwin Finlay Freundlich and Testing Einstein's Theory of RelativityArchive for History of Exact Sciences 47 (2): 143-201. 1994.
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Einstein, Neokantianismus und TheorienholismusSociété Française de Philosophie, Bulletin 78 (4): 459. 1987.
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5Einstein for the Twenty‐first Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (review)Isis 100 420-421. 2009.
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11Entkernung – Erwartungen und Befürchtungen zur Zukunft der WissenschaftsgeschichteBerichte Zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte 41 (4): 367-370. 2018.Loss of the Inner Core: Expectations and Fears for the Future of the History of Science. In this paper, I discuss the current state of history of science in Germany, a combination of strong interest in the field from various neighboring fields (including cultural history, media history, history of art, visual studies) and increasing fragmentation. Powerful institutions such as the Max Planck Institute for History of Science rather encourage this tendency to lose the inner core of the field, a ki…Read more
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29Die Korrespondenz Einstein-Schlick: Zum Verhältnis der Physik zur PhilosophieAnnals of Science 43 (5): 475-488. 1986.ZusammenfassungEs wird die wechselseitige Beeinflussung Einsteins und Schlicks anhand ihrer ab 1915 erhaltenen Korrespondenz in vier Schwerpunkten untersucht. Schlicks Selbstverständnis als Philosoph wie auch einzelne Themata seines Denkens (wie etwa das der Einfachheit) bildeten sich mit seiner Auseinandersetzung um die Relativitätstheorie Einsteins heraus, deren systematische Explikation durch Schlick auf Einsteins Beifall stieß. Als die Ursache für das Auseinanderdriften beider Denker nach 19…Read more
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27DSI: The Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450–1950Spontaneous Generations 6 (1): 182-191. 2012.The main features of a new online database of scientific illustrators are portrayed. We list illustrators of scientific publications of all genres (especially atlases, articles, textbooks) who were active between 1450 and 1950, thus excluding illuminators of medieval manuscripts as well as illustrators still active. Currently (Sept. 26, 2012), we already have more than 3,461 entries, with particular emphasis on anatomy, dermatology, botany, zoology, mineralogy, astronomy, and general natural his…Read more
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