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Hans Christian Ørsted and the Romantic Legacy in Science

Ideas, Disciplines, Practices

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 241)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. The Way From Nature To God

    • Andrew D. Wilson
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Other Side Of Ørsted: Civil Obedience

    • Karen Jelved, Andrew D. Jackson
    Pages 13-19

  4. The Making Of A Danish Kantian: Science And The New Civil Society

    • Arne Hessenbruch
    Pages 21-54

  5. Phrenology And Danish Romanticism

    • Anja Skaar Jacobsen
    Pages 55-74

  6. Natural Ends And The End Of Nature

    • Paul Guyer
    Pages 75-96

  7. The Influence Of Kant's Philosophy On The Young H. C. Ørsted

    • Keld Nielsen, Hanne Andersen
    Pages 97-114

  8. Ørsted's Concept Of Force And Theory Of Music

    • Dan Charly Christensen
    Pages 115-133

  9. Kant—Naturphilosophie—Electromagnetism

    • Michael Friedman
    Pages 135-158

  10. Steffens, Ørsted, And The Chemical Construction Of The Earth

    • Ernst P. Hamm
    Pages 159-175

  11. The Culture Of Science And Experiments In Jena Around 1800

    • Olaf Breidbach
    Pages 177-216

  12. The Romantic Experiment As Fragment

    • Robert Michael Brain
    Pages 217-233

  13. Ørsted And The Rational Unconscious

    • Lorraine J. Daston
    Pages 235-246

  14. Romanticism And Resistance: Humboldt And “German” Natural Philosophy In Napoleonic France

    • Michael Dettelbach
    Pages 247-258

  15. Between Enlightenment And Romanticism: The Case Of Dr. Thomas Beddoes

    • Trevor H. Levere
    Pages 259-272

  16. Ørsted's Presentation Of Others'—And His Own—Work

    • Kenneth L. Caneva
    Pages 273-338

  17. Ørsted, Ritter, And Magnetochemistry

    • Roberto de Andrade Martins
    Pages 339-385

  18. Ørsted's Work On The Compressibility Of Liquids And Gases, And His Dynamic Theory Of Matter

    • Ole Knudsen
    Pages 387-398

  19. Hans Christian Ørsted's Spiritual Interpretation Of Natural Science

    • Frederick Gregory
    Pages 399-416

  20. The Spiritual In The Material

    • D. M. Knight
    Pages 417-432
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This volume owes its origin to the perception of a puzzling paradox. Hans Christian Ørsted, the great Danish scientist and philosopher, was one of the founders of modern physics through his experimental discovery in 1820 of the interaction of electricity and magnetism—a key step and model for the further unification of the forces of nature. Followers such as Maxwell and Einstein were, and today searchers worldwide are, enchanted by the hope for a completion of that grand program. In addition to Ørsted’s discovery of electromagnetism, his work in science included other fields, chiefly high-pressure physics and acoustics. Moreover, he belonged to that fascinating group of seekers who were deeply engaged in the Romantic tradition of the Nature Philosophers, influenced by Immanuel Kant and by religious, literary, and aesthetic currents. The scientific and philosophical speculations by Ørsted and his circle also quickly stimulated the imagination of other philosophers and scientists. Among the latter were prominently André-Marie Ampère and Michael Faraday, whose work launched the transformation of civilization often called the Second Ind- trial Revolution, based on the invention of motors, generators, and the pervasi- ness of electricity in modern life.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard University, USA

    Robert Michael Brain

  • Boston University, USA

    Robert S. Cohen

  • University of Aarhus, Denmark

    Ole Knudsen

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