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Biographies in the History of Physics

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Introduction
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    Chapter 2 The ‘Invisible Hand’ of Carl Friedrich Gauß—Retracing the Life of Moritz Meyerstein, a 19th century Instrument Maker and Universitäts-Mechanicus
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    Chapter 3 The Personal is Professional: Margaret Maltby’s Life in Physics
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    Chapter 4 Erwin Schrödinger in the Second Spanish Republic, 1934–1935
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    Chapter 5 Ludwig Prandtl: Pioneer of Fluid Mechanics and Science Manager
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    Chapter 6 Rudolf Tomaschek—An Exponent of the “ Deutsche Physik” Movement
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    Chapter 7 The ‘Better’ Nazi: Pascual Jordan and the Third Reich
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    Chapter 8 Relativity and Dialectical Materialism: Science, Philosophy and Ideology in Hans-Jürgen Treder’s Early Academic Career
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    Chapter 9 Biography and Autobiography in the Making of a Genius: Richard P. Feynman
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    Chapter 10 A Biography of the German Atomic Bomb
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    Chapter 11 The Multiple Lives of the General Relativity Community, 1955–1974
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    Chapter 12 Whose Biography Is It Anyway? Shared Biographies of Institutions, Leaders, Instruments, and Self
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    Chapter 13 Lost in the Production of Time and Space: The Transformation of the Airy Transit Circle from a Working Telescope to a Museum Object
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    Chapter 14 Scientific Instruments Turning into Toys: From Franklin’s Pulse Glass to Dipping Birds
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    Chapter 15 I’m Not There. Or: Was the Virtual Particle Ever Born?
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    Chapter 16 Biography or Obituary? The Historiographical Value of the Death of the Ether
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    Chapter 17 The Meaning, Nature, and Scope of Scientific (Auto)Biography
Attention for Chapter 9: Biography and Autobiography in the Making of a Genius: Richard P. Feynman
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Chapter title
Biography and Autobiography in the Making of a Genius: Richard P. Feynman
Chapter number 9
Book title
Biographies in the History of Physics
Published by
Springer, Cham, January 2020
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-48509-2_9
Book ISBNs
978-3-03-048508-5, 978-3-03-048509-2
Authors

Christian Forstner

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