Hans Christian Ørsted and the romantic legacy in science ideas, disciplines, practices /

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Other Authors: Brain, Robert Michael, 1959-, Cohen, R. S., Knudsen, Ole, 1939-, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, ©2007.
Dordrecht : [2007]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 442 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 241.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter; The Way From Nature To God; The Other Side Of Ørsted: Civil Obedience; The Making Of A Danish Kantian: Science And The New Civil Society; Phrenology And Danish Romanticism; Natural Ends And The End Of Nature; The Influence Of Kant's Philosophy On The Young H.C. Ørsted; Ørsted's Concept Of Force And Theory Of Music; Kant
  • Naturphilosophie
  • Electromagnetism; Steffens, Ørsted, And The Chemical Construction Of The Earth; The Culture Of Science And Experiments In Jena Around 1800; The Romantic Experiment As Fragment; Ørsted And The Rational Unconscious.
  • Romanticism And Resistance: Humboldt And "German" Natural Philosophy In Napoleonic FranceBetween Enlightenment And Romanticism: The Case Of Dr. Thomas Beddoes; Ørsted's Presentation Of Others'
  • And His Own
  • Work; Ørsted, Ritter, And Magnetochemistry; Ørsted's Work On The Compressibility Of Liquids And Gases, And His Dynamic Theory Of Matter; Hans Christian Ørsted's Spiritual Interpretation Of Natural Science; The Spiritual In The Material; Back Matter.