Why do we celebrate Einsteinas era above all other epochs in the history of physics? Much of the history of physics at the beginning of the twentieth century has been written with a sharp focus on a few key figures and a handful of notable events. Einsteinas Generation offers a distinctive new approach to the origins of modern physics by exploring both the material culture that stimulated relativity and the reaction of Einsteinas colleagues to his pioneering work. Richard Staley weaves together the diverse strands of experimental and theoretical physics, commercial instrument making, and the sociology of physics around 1900 to present the collective efforts of a group whose work helped set the stage for Einsteinas revolutionary theories and the transition from classical to modern physics that followed. Collecting papers, talks, catalogues, conferences, and correspondence, Staley juxtaposes scientistsa views of relativity at the time to modern accounts of its history. Einsteinas Generation tells the story of a group of individuals which produced some of the most significant advances of the twentieth century; and challenges our celebration of Einsteinas era above all others.... Solvay displays, 1900, 399; on U.S. display, 1900, 147a48 Neumann, G., 256 Newcomb, Simon, 34, 36; and Darling, Brown aamp; Sharpe, ... 6, 27a28, 210, 212a 16; amoderna physics in, 210a11, 217, 257; in physics, 210a12, 215a17, 257; and Pickering, 212; and Prytz, 212; ... Borna#39;s, 277a78; Bucherera#39;s, 325; Ca- joria#39;s, 178n26; communal voices in, 316a17, 342, 413; and conceptual analysis, 303a4, 312, anbsp;...
Title | : | Einstein's Generation |
Author | : | Richard Staley |
Publisher | : | University of Chicago Press - 2008 |
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