An Institute for an Empire: The Psysikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt, 1871-1918

by David Cahan

An Institute for an Empire is the first scholarly study of one of the world's foremost scientific institutions, the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (PTR) in Imperial Germany. The Reichsanstalt stood at the forefront of institutional innovation in science and technology during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, uniting diverse practitioners and representatives of physics, technology, industry, and the state. It demonstrated how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521525195
• ISBN13: 9780521525190
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"