Spectrum of belief Joseph von Fraunhofer and the craft of precision optics Myles W. Jackson

By:

Jackson, Myles W, 1964- [aut]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Transformations : studies in the history of science and technologyPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] MIT Press 2000Description: X, 284 S zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst 24 cmContent type:

Text

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ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen

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Band

ISBN:

0262100843

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DDC classification:

509.43/09/034
509.4309034

LOC classification:

QC450.5

Other classification:

11
19,2
UB 2420
33.02

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Summary: In the nineteenth century, scientific practice underwent a dramatic transformation from personal endeavor to business enterprise. In "Spectrum of Belief", Myles Jackson explores this transformation through a sociocultural history of the rise of precision optics in Germany. He uses the career of the optician Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787-1826) to probe the relationship between science and society, and between artisans and experimental natural philosophers, during this important transition.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
single unit book	HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – Attic – Duplicates' Stacks	F (Affiliated)	F:QC450.5 .J33 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Paperback		2023-7343
single unit book	HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 1st floor – Library Room – Open Stacks	F (Affiliated)	F:QC450.5 .J33 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available			2023-3421

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In the nineteenth century, scientific practice underwent a dramatic transformation from personal endeavor to business enterprise. In "Spectrum of Belief", Myles Jackson explores this transformation through a sociocultural history of the rise of precision optics in Germany. He uses the career of the optician Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787-1826) to probe the relationship between science and society, and between artisans and experimental natural philosophers, during this important transition.

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