Walther Nernst and the Transition to Modern Physical Science
Primarily a scientific biography of Walther H. Nernst (1864-1941), one of Germany's most important, productive, and often controversial scientists, this book addresses a specific set of scientific problems that evolved at the intersection of physics, chemistry, and technology during one of the most revolutionary periods of modern physical science. Nernst, who won the 1920 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, was a key figure in the transition to a modern physical science, contributing to the study of...
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A 1999 biography of one of Germany's most important scientists (active 1890-1933) and an historical examination of physics and chemistry.
Preface1Nernst, the Historiography of His Science, and Its Context12Nothing Is More Practical Than Theory: Beginnings213The Early Researches414The Gottingen Years585The Nernst-Planck Exchange776Electricity and Iron: The Electrolytic Lamp917High Temperatures and the Heat Theorem1108Theory and the Heat Theorem1329Berlin: Low Temperatures14710The Incorporation of Quantum Theory16411"The Witches' Sabbath": Nernst and the First International Solvay Congress in Physics18112Simply a Matter of Chemistry? The Nobel Prize208Conclusion241Bibliography253Index275
