Walther Nernst and the Transition to Modern Physical Science

Walther Nernst: A Physicist as Chemist is both a scientific biography of one of Germany's most important scientists active in the years 1890 to 1933 as well as a contribution to the history of physics and chemistry. Taking into account recent scholarship and a wealth of new archival material, this book provides a highly detailed, yet accessible examination of the scientific problems that evolved at the intersection of physics, chemistry and technology during one of the most...
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Walther Nernst: A Physicist as Chemist is both a scientific biography of one of Germany's most important scientists active in the years 1890 to 1933 as well as a contribution to the history of physics and chemistry. Taking into account recent scholarship and a wealth of new archival material, this book provides a highly detailed, yet accessible examination of the scientific problems that evolved at the intersection of physics, chemistry and technology during one of the most revolutionary periods of modern physical science. Professor Barkan also addresses the work of many prominent scientists, such as Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Wilhelm Ostwald and Svante Arrhenius.