Weimar Culture and Quantum Mechanics: Selected Papers by Paul Forman and Contemporary Perspectives on the Forman Thesis (2011)
Forman, Paul (Author)
Carson, Cathryn L. (Author)
Kozhevnikov, Alexei B. (Author)
Trischler, Helmuth (Author)
Imperial College Press
Physical Details: xvi + 542 pp.; ill.; bibl.
Language: English
This volume reprints Paul Forman's classic papers on the history of the scientific profession in post-World War I Germany and the invention of quantum mechanics. The Forman thesis became famous for its demonstration of the cultural conditioning of scientific knowledge, in particular by showing the historical connection between the culture of Weimar Germany--known for its irrationality and antiscientism--and the emerging concept of quantum acausality. From the moment of its publication, Forman's research provoked intense historical and philosophical debates. In 2007, participants at an international conference in Vancouver, Canada, discussed the implications of the Forman thesis for contemporary historiography. Their contributions collected in this volume represent cutting-edge research on the history of the quantum revolution and of German science
...MoreReview Camilleri, Kristian (2012) Review of "Weimar Culture and Quantum Mechanics: Selected Papers by Paul Forman and Contemporary Perspectives on the Forman Thesis". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 794-796).
Essay Review Seth, Suman (2013) Forman at Forty: New Perspectives on “Weimar Culture and Quantum Mechanics”. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 567-574).
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