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Author:   Dan Ch. Christensen (Retired from Roskilde University, Denmark)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   1.642kg
ISBN:  

9780199669264

ISBN 10:   0199669260
Pages:   764
Publication Date:   23 May 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. THE STUDENT 1: Prologue: Hans Christian Ørsted and Dualism in the Golden Age 2: A Childhood without Playing 3: A University without Science 4: Two Philosophical Minds 5: Hans Christian's Gold Medals 6: Anders's Gold Medal 7: Editors for Kant 8: Doctoral Thesis on the Dynamical System 9: Pharmacy-Manager and Fiancé 10: Galvanism II. THE COSMOPOLITAN 11: First Grand Tour. Tourist far away from Sophie 12: Ritter and Winterl 13: Jena Romanticism, Salons and Societies 14: Post-revolutionary Paris 15: Ritter and the Napoleon Prize 16: The Double Game III. THE RESEARCHER AND TEACHER 17: Alone and Abandoned in Copenhagen with a Collection of Instruments 18: Rivalry and Love 19: Textbook Writer and Professor 20: Napoleon's Imperialism and Fichte's Idealism 21: Sonorous Figures 22: The Art of Music 23: The Royal Danish Society of Sciences and Letters 24: Family and Friends 25: Dialogue on Mysticism. Ritter's Death IV. THE SPOUSE 26: Career and Brothers Working Together 27: Second Journey Abroad. Berlin and Paris 28: The Major Work 29: The Controversy on Pantheism 30: Love and Marriage 31: The Prime Mover of Science. Gitte's First-born Child 32: Dynamical Research. A.S. Ørsted's Dissent 33: Funerals. Expedition to Bornholm V. THE TRIUMPHATOR 34: The Happiest Year 35: A Discovery by Chance? 36: Domestic and Foreign Reactions 37: The Triumphal Progress. Germany 38: The Triumphal Progress. Paris 39: The Triumphal Progress. Britain VI. THE ORGANIZER 40: The Society for the Dissemination of Science in Denmark 41: The Ørsted Brothers in the Howitz-Controversy 42: Aluminium - Priority and Nationalism 43: The Downfall of A.S. Ørsted, the Millennium of Christianity, and the Tercentenary of the Reformation 44: Family Life and Conferences Abroad 45: The Polytechnic Institute 46: The Literary Critic 47: The Awakening of Political Life VII. FAME & TRIBULATIONS 48: Technology and Industry 49: The Natural Laws of General Education 50: Scandinavian Science Conferences 51: Politics and Nationalism 52: The Centenary of the Royal Danish Society, Magnetischer Verein, Henrik Steffens. The Concept and Conservation of Fundamental Forces 53: Homage in Berlin 54: Aesthetics of Nature 55: Polytechnic Criticism 56: Polytechnic Criticism 57: Civil War and Free Constitution 58: The Soul in Nature 59: Big and Little Hans Christian's Modern Turning Point 60: Jubilee and Death 61: Epilogue: Hans Christian Ørsted and the Golden Age in a Wider Perspective

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Best known for his epoch-making discovery of electromagnetism in 1820, the versatile Danish physicist H. C. Orsted was also a cultural icon and an eminent representative of the Kantian-Romantic movement in the early nineteenth century. Only with Christensens impressively rich and detailed biography are readers presented with a full picture of Orsted and his time, in which his scientific work is placed in its proper social and cultural context. Combining meticulous scholarship with readability, Christensens book is a magnificent contribution to the history of science and culture that for decades will remain the authoritative biography of Orsted. Helge Kragh, Aarhus University

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Dan Charly Christensen worked as Lecturer and Reader within the Department of History at Roskilde University (1972-2010), Denmark. His two volume biography, Naturens Tankelæser. En Biografi om Hans Christian Ørsted (Museum Tusculanum, Copenhagen 2009), was nominated for Weekendavisen's annual literary prize, and awarded the H.O. Lange Literary Prize by the Royal Library and Gad's Foundation.

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