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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: 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
Media type:
  • ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen
Carrier type:
  • Band
ISBN:
  • 0262100843
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509.43/09/034
  • 509.4309034
LOC classification:
  • QC450.5
Other classification:
  • 11
  • 19,2
  • UB 2420
  • 33.02
Online resources: Other related works: Rezension: Zaun, Jörg, 1963 - [Rezension von: Jackson, Myles W., Spectrum of belief, Joseph von Fraunhofer and the craft of precision optics]
Contents:
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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single unit book 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 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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