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Author Hentschel, Klaus.

Title The Einstein Tower : an intertexture of dynamic construction, relativity theory, and astronomy / Klaus Hentschel ; translated by Ann M. Hentschel
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1997

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 W'PONDS  530.110943 Hen/Eta  AVAILABLE
Description xiv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Writing science
Writing science.
Contents 1. The Young Astronomer Erwin Finlay Freundlich -- 2. A Theorist's Observer: Freundlich's Collaboration with Einstein from 1911 -- 3. Relativity Theory Under Scrutiny: Experimental Testing -- 4. Statistical Investigations of Gravitational Redshift, 1915-1916 -- 5. Berlin Science Politics: Support for Freundlich from 1913 -- 6. Astrophysics at Potsdam and Elsewhere -- 7. Erich Mendelsohn and the Tower Telescope Design -- 8. Research at the Einstein Tower During the Freundlich Era -- 9. The Solar Eclipse Expedition of 1929 -- 10. Clashes Between Freundlich and Ludendorff -- 11. Political Transition and Exile -- 12. A Solitary Fate: Photon-Photon Interaction -- 13. A Bird's-Eye View
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-219) and index
Notes Translated from the German
Subject Einstein Tower -- History.
Astronomers -- Germany -- Biography.
Astronomical observatories -- Germany -- Potsdam -- History.
Astrophysicists -- Germany -- Biography.
Astrophysics -- Research -- Germany -- Potsdam -- History.
Astrophysics.
General relativity (Physics) -- Research -- Germany -- Potsdam -- History.
Physicists -- Biography.
Relativity (Physics)
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 96048509
ISBN 0804728240 (alk. paper)
Other Titles Einstein-Turm. English