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Author Cahan, David.

Title An institute for an empire : the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt, 1871-1918 / David Cahan
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989

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Description xix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- German institutions, organizations, and agencies -- Introduction -- 1. Physics and empire -- 2. Rift in the foundations -- 3. Between charisma and bureaucracy -- 4. Masters of measurement -- 5. The search for reform -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Analysis Germany Applied physics Organisations Physikalische-Technische Reichsanstalt history
Germany Applied physics Organisations: Physikalische-Technische Reichsanstalt, history
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 275-302
Subject Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (Germany)
Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (Germany) -- History.
Physical laboratories -- Berlin -- History
Physical laboratories -- Germany -- Berlin -- History.
Physics -- Research -- Berlin -- History
Physics -- Research -- Germany -- Berlin -- History.
LC no. 88002720
ISBN 0521330572
0521525195