UID:
almahu_9948202084302882
Format:
1 online resource (various pagings) :
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illustrations (chiefly color).
ISBN:
9781643271927
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9781643271903
Series Statement:
[IOP release 6]
Content:
Leonhard Euler's Letters to a German Princess on Various Subjects in Physics and Philosophy is a milestone in the history of physics textbooks and the instruction of women in the sciences. It also covers views of its author on epistemology, religion, and innovations in scientific equipment, including telescopes and microscopes. Today, 250 years later, we study this work of Euler's as a foundation for the history of physics teaching and analyze the letters from an historical and pedagogical point of view.
Note:
"Version: 20190601"--Title page verso.
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"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
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Prologue : physics pedagogy -- 1. Physics textbooks : origins before 1650 and principal natural philosophies and physics textbooks of the Enlightenment -- 1.1. Physics textbooks : origins before 1650 -- 1.2. Principal Enlightenment natural philosophies -- 1.3. Physics textbooks in Europe and North America
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2. The two princesses and the Letters -- 2.1. The two princesses : errors, lineage, and biographies -- 2.2. The Letters : creation, publication and translation
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3. Euler : life, research, and teaching -- 3.1. The Swiss years, 1707-27 -- 3.2. At the new Petersburg Academy : pathbreaking groundwork, 1727-41 -- 3.3. At the renovated Berlin Academy : the summit of his career, 1741-66 -- 3.4. Return to the Petersburg Academy : a vigorous autumn, 1766-83
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4. Selected letters from Volume 1 (letters 1-79) -- 4.1. Sound -- 4.2. Composition of atmosphere -- 4.3. Nature of light -- 4.4. Optics and optical instruments -- 4.5. Gravity -- 4.6. Tides -- 4.7. Principle of least action
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5. Selected letters from Volume 2 (letters 80-154) and Volume 3 (letters 155-234) -- 5.1. Liberty, happiness, and truth -- 5.2. Systems of monads and pre-established harmony -- 5.3. Calculation of longitude and latitude -- 5.4. Electricity and magnetism -- 6. Afterword.
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781643271897
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1088/2053-2571/aae6d2
URL:
https://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-1-64327-192-7
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