Book ID: CBB000110169

Spectrum of Belief: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Craft of Precision Optics (2000)

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Jackson, Myles W. (Author)


The MIT Press


Publication Date: 2000
Physical Details: xii + 284 pp., illus., figs., app., bibl., index
Language: English

Description Nineteenth century instrument maker.


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Review Cohen, I. Bernard (2002) Review of "Spectrum of Belief: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Craft of Precision Optics". American Journal of Physics (p. 559). unapi

Review Rudd, Eugene (2001) Review of "Spectrum of Belief: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Craft of Precision Optics". Rittenhouse: Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise (p. 48). unapi

Review Teichmann, Jürgen (2002) Review of "Spectrum of Belief: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Craft of Precision Optics". Physics in Perspective (p. 117). unapi

Review Morus, Iwan Rhys (2002) Review of "Spectrum of Belief: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Craft of Precision Optics". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 114). unapi

Review Zaun, Jörg (2002) Review of "Spectrum of Belief: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Craft of Precision Optics". Technikgeschichte: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Technik und Industrie. unapi

Review Levitt, Theresa (2002) Review of "Spectrum of Belief: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Craft of Precision Optics". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 739). unapi

Review Ratcliff, Marc J. (2002) Review of "Spectrum of Belief: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Craft of Precision Optics". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (p. 529). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Jackson, Myles W.
Riekher, Rolf
Hamel, Jürgen
Dick, Wolfgang R.
Nordenmark, Nils Viktor Emanuel
Jürgen Kost
Concepts
Optics
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Telescopes
Astronomy
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Spectroscopy
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, late
17th century
Places
British Isles
Bavaria (Germany)
Great Britain
Hague (Nethelands)
United States
Netherlands
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