To all four of us, Carsten was the best possible friend and colleague. To Finn, he was a fellow student in the history of science for several years at the Niels Bohr Institute; to Relge, he was a welcome resource for personal and intellectual interac tion in an otherwise less than fertile environment for the history of science; Roger was Carsten's friend and advisor, not least in the development of the dissertation on which the present book is based; and as director of the Niels Bohr Archive, Erik was his main advisor in his historical work. Because he was the person closest to Carsten's work on his Ph. D. dissertation on the history of beta decay, on which the present book is based, it is only fitting that Erik stands as single author of the words in Carsten's memory at the very beginning of this book. Before his untimely death shortly after the completion of the Ph. D. disser tation, Carsten had himself plans to develop the dissertation into a book. Being a true perfectionist, he wanted to rework the manuscript substantively, especially with regard to relating it to the broader discussion among historians of science.
Reviews
"Jensen’s book helps lay the foundations of a new and comprehensive history of nuclear science." (Centaurus)
Editors and Affiliations
Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen, Denmark
Finn Aaserud
Dept. of History of Science, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark
Helge Kragh
Snekkersten, Denmark
Erik Rüdinger
Tate Laboratory of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Roger H. Stuewer
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Controversy and Consensus: Nuclear Beta Decay 1911–1934
Authors: Carsten Jensen
Editors: Finn Aaserud, Helge Kragh, Erik Rüdinger, Roger H. Stuewer
