The 20th century has brought us to the high point of the scientific-technological age but paradoxically marks the beginning of a critical loss of confidence in the very powers of science. This volume in The German Library, a companion to volume 36 (German Essays on Science in the 19th Centiry, also edited by Wolfgang Schirmacher), represents the sciences in a comprehansive way: Physics, Biochemistry, Ecology, Ethology, Social Sciences, Law and Culture. Writers and scientists represented include: Robert Bosch, Albert Einstein, Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, Konrad Lorenz, Lise Meitner, Max Planck, Georg Simmel, Max Weber, and many others.
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Introduction: Wolfgang Schirmacher Translated by Virginia Cutrufelli   Physics as Scientific World View   ERNST MACH Philosophical and Scientific Thought Translated by Paul Foulkes   HERMANN WEYL Knowledge as Unity Translator unknown   ERWIN SCHRODINGER Science, Art, and Play Translator unknown   ALBERT EINSTEIN Principles of Research What Is the Theory of Relativity? Translated by Alan Harris   MAX PLANCK The Universe in the Light of Modern Physics Translated by W.H. Johnson   WERNER HEISENBERG Quantum Theory and the Structure of Matter Language and Reality in Modern Physics Translator unknown   OTTO HAHN Reminiscences from the History of Natural Radioactivity Translated by W. Gaade   LISE MEITNER The Atom Translated by Daniel Theisen   The Status of Women in teh Professions Translator unknown   KURT GODEL About the Relationship between Relativity Theory and Idealistic Philosophy Translator unknown   Life Sciences: Biochemistry, Ecology, Ethology   ADOLF BUTENANDT Life as an Object of Chemical Research Translated by Daniel Theisen   ROBERT KOCH On Bacteriological Research Translated by Daniel Theisen   JAKOB VON UEXKULL Stroll through the Worlds of Animals and Men Translated by Claire H. Schiller   KONRAD LORENZ Habit, Ritual, and Magic Translated by Marjorie Kerr Wilson   MANFRED EIGEN with RUTHILD WINKLER-OSWATISCH What Is Life? Translated by Paul Wooley   Social Sciences, Law, and Culture   MAX WEBER Science as a Vocation Translated by Hans H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills   KARL VOßLER Language and Science Translated by Oscar Oeser   GEORG SIMMEL Money and the Pace of Life Translated by Tom Bottomore and David Frisby   GUSTAV RADBRUCH The Concept of Law Translated by Kurt Wilk   ROBERT BOSCH How Can We Achieve Economic Harmony? Aphorisms Translated by Daniel Slager   CARL FRIEDRICH VON WEIZSACKER Public Consciousness: Culture Translated by Daniel Theisen   Biographies Translated by Virginia Cutrufelli   Bibliography
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The German Library is a series of the major works of German Literature and thought from Medieval times to the present. Convenient and accessible in format, the volumes of the German Library will form the core of any growing library of European Literature for years to come.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780826407474
Publisert
1997-12-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Vekt
300 gr
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

Om bidragsyterne

Wolfgang Schirmacher teaches at the New School for Social Research.