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The Einstein Tower - Klaus Hentschel - Stanford University Press, Hardcover, DJ
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Stanford University Press
ISBN-10
0804728240
ISBN-13
9780804728249
eBay Product ID (ePID)
894556
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
244 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Einstein Tower : an Intertexture of Dynamic Construction, Relativity Theory, and Astronomy
Publication Year
1997
Subject
Cultural Heritage, Physics / Relativity, Science & Technology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, Biography & Autobiography
Series
Writing Science Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
96-048509
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
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Hentschel has succeeded in writing a very readable account of certain hitherto neglected aspects of the early history of general relativity, made more fascinating by the eccentric perspective that his account takes."—Jürgen Renn, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, "Hentschel has succeeded in writing a very readable account of certain hitherto neglected aspects of the early history of general relativity, made more fascinating by the eccentric perspective that his account takes."--Jrgen Renn, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, In this compact and lively study, Hentschel weaves together elements of a story that conventional disciplinary divisions—history of physics, history of architecture, history of institutions—pull asunder. By deliberately focusing not on a theory, a person, or even an institution but rather a building, he is able to skip nimbly among these unusually disjoint subjects and approaches and to create a smooth and often fascinating, always illuminating, narrative out of these pieces."—Lorraine Daston, University of Chicago, "In this compact and lively study, Hentschel weaves together elements of a story that conventional disciplinary divisions--history of physics, history of architecture, history of institutions--pull asunder. By deliberately focusing not on a theory, a person, or even an institution but rather a building, he is able to skip nimbly among these unusually disjoint subjects and approaches and to create a smooth and often fascinating, always illuminating, narrative out of these pieces."--Lorraine Daston, University of Chicago, "Hentschel has succeeded in writing a very readable account of certain hitherto neglected aspects of the early history of general relativity, made more fascinating by the eccentric perspective that his account takes."-Jürgen Renn, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, "In this compact and lively study, Hentschel weaves together elements of a story that conventional disciplinary divisions-history of physics, history of architecture, history of institutions-pull asunder. By deliberately focusing not on a theory, a person, or even an institution but rather a building, he is able to skip nimbly among these unusually disjoint subjects and approaches and to create a smooth and often fascinating, always illuminating, narrative out of these pieces."-Lorraine Daston, University of Chicago, "Hentschel has succeeded in writing a very readable account of certain hitherto neglected aspects of the early history of general relativity, made more fascinating by the eccentric perspective that his account takes."--Jürgen Renn, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
530.11/0943/09042
Synopsis
This book focuses on the "Einstein Tower," an architecturally historic observatory built in Potsdam in 1920 to allow the German astronomer Erwin Finlay Freundlich to attempt to verify experimentally Einstein's general theory of relativity. Freundlich, who was the first German astronomer to show a genuine interest in Einstein's theory, managed to interest his architect friend Erich Mendelsohn in designing this unique building. Freundlich's researches were not a success; he came to doubt the very theory he was attempting to prove. (Adequate technology to test Einstein's theory lay many decades in the future.) By contrast, as an experiment in modernist architecture, the building led to international fame for Mendelsohn. To develop a full historical picture of this moment in the history of science, the book interweaves several descriptive levels: the biography of Freundlich; the social context in which he interacted with teachers, co-workers, students, his patrons (including Einstein), and scientific opponents; the cognitive aspects of his attempts to verify Einstein's theory; the political milieu within the Berlin scientific research community; and a cross-national comparison of astrophysics. Other layers of the narrative include the place of the Einstein Tower in architectural history; economics and sociopsychological components of the Tower's financing and construction; the reception of the Tower and the theory; a historical examination of the Tower's research results; and the effect on Freundlich and on the work at the Tower of the National Socialists' rise to power., Focusing on the "Einstein Tower," an architecturally historic observatory built in Potsdam in 1920, this book investigates German scientific life by blending biography, architectural history, scientific theory and research, and scientific politics.
LC Classification Number
QB462.65.H4613 1997
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