Through Measurement to Knowledge: The Selected Papers of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes 1853-1926

(Book #124 in the Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science Series)

by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

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"Tile; D'apC: Tile; l. DpWTa ()coi 7rpo7rapod)w D'T}K, mi'. "between us and Goodness the gods have placed the sweat of our brows". This quote from Isiodos, the first lyrical poet, is jotted on a sheet of paper found among the papers of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes at the Boerhaave Museum, Leiden. On this same sheet, one can also read quotes from Schiller, Goethe, Shakespeare, Homer, Pindar and Dante. Each quote is for somebody or something. It appears...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:940107433X

ISBN13:9789401074339

Release Date:October 2011

Publisher:Springer

Length:576 Pages

Weight:2.11 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Through Measurement to Knowledge: The Selected Papers of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes 1853-1926

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