Spectrum of belief : Joseph von Fraunhofer and the craft of precision optics / Myles W. Jackson.

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Jackson, Myles W

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TextSeries: Transformations (MIT Press)Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (x, 284 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780262276160
026227616X
0262293609
9780262293600
1423730879
9781423730873

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Spectrum of belief.DDC classification:

509.43/09/034 21

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QC450.5 .J33 2000

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33.18
UB 2420

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Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Optics before Fraunhofer -- 3. Artisanal Knowledge and Achromatic Lenses -- 4. The German Response to Fraunhofer's Private Knowledge -- 5. The British Crisis -- 6. The British Response to the Bavarian Threat -- 7. The End of Fraunhoferian Hegemony -- 8. Forging an Artisanal History and a Cultural Icon -- 9. Conclusion.

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Review: "In the nineteenth century, scientific practice underwent a dramatic transformation from personal endeavor to business enterprise. In Spectrum of Belief, Myles Jackson uses the career of the optician Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787-1826) to probe the relationship between science and society, and that between artisans and experimental natural philosophers, during this transformation."--Jacket

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In the nineteenth century, scientific practice underwent a dramatic transformation from personal endeavor to business enterprise. In Spectrum of Belief, Myles Jackson uses the career of the optician Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787-1826) to probe the relationship between science and society, and that between artisans and experimental natural philosophers, during this transformation."--Jacket

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