Frontmatter

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I The Making of a Scientist
5. 1 The Boy from Potsdam 13
6. 2 At the Gymnasium: Father and Son 25
7. 3 Becoming a Medical Doctor 39
8. 4 Undiscovered 55
9. PART II Gaining Scientific Renown
10. 5 Scientific Networking 85
11. 6 In the Private and the Public Eye 117
12. 7 The New Dispensation 149
13. 8 Unhappy Intermezzo in Bonn 171
14. 9 The Turning Point 209
15. 10 The New Angel 225
16. 11 The Relations of Science 243
17. 12 The Relations of Music 261
18. 13 Popularizing Science in Britain and Germany 291
19. 14 Learning to See the World 315
20. 15 Almost a Professor of Physics 347
21. 16 The Road to Berlin 381
22. PART III Scientific Grandee
23. 17 In the Capital of Geist 411
24. 18 The Burdens of Building Physics 429
25. 19 Among the Elite 467
26. 20 Kulturkampf in Science, I 491
27. 21 Kulturkampf in Science, II 513
28. 22 Anti-Helmholtz, Again 549
29. 23 In the Scientific Capitals of Europe 567
30. 24 Institutional Brilliance 599
31. 25 Celebrations 631
32. 26 Doyen 645
33. 27 Science, Art, and Standards Business 675
34. 28 Charismatic Leader 687
35. 29 Atlantic Crossings 703
36. Epilogue: Helmholtz in Modern German Memory 735
37. Acknowledgments 765
38. Abbreviations 769
39. Notes 773
40. References 853
41. Index 917