Denmark

Few individuals have altered the intellectual landscape as did the Danish physicist Niels Bohr. This book explores the Nobel Prize-winning thinker in his varied roles as scientist, teacher and social force.... More

A ground-breaking study of the astronomical culture of sixteenth-century Europe. It examines, in particular, the ways in which members of the nascent international astronomical community shared information, attracted patronage and respect for their work, and conducted their disputes. Particular atte... More