Intellectual Mastery of Nature. Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, Volume 2: The Now Mighty Theoretical Physics, 1870 to 1925

Winner of the 1987 Pfizer Award of the History of Science Society"A majestic study of a most important spoch of intellectualhistory."—Brian Pippard, Times Literary Supplement"The authors' use of archival sources hitherto almostuntouched gives their story a startling vividness. These volumesare among the finest works produced by historians of physics."—JedZ. Buchwald, Isis"The authors painstakingly reconstruct the minutiae oflaboratory budgets, instrument collections, and student numbers;they disentangle the intrigues of faculty appointments and theprofessional values those appointments reflected; they explorecollegial relationships among physicists; and they document theunending campaign of scientists to wring further support forphysics from often reluctant ministries."—R. Steven Turner, Science"Superbly written and exhaustively researched."—Peter Harman,Nature