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Changing Landscapes of Nuclear Physics

A Scientometric Study on the Social and Cognitive Position of German-Speaking Emigrants Within the Nuclear Physics Community, 1921–1947

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Authors:
  1. Klaus Fischer

    1. FB 1, Wissenschaftstheorie und analytische Philosophie, Universität Trier, Trier, Germany

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-V
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  2. General Preface

    1. General Preface

      • Klaus Fischer
      Pages 1-7

  3. Introduction: The Effects of Scientific Emigration: Special Methodological Questions

    1. Introduction: The Effects of Scientific Emigration: Special Methodological Questions

      • Klaus Fischer
      Pages 8-13

  4. Method

    1. Method

      • Klaus Fischer
      Pages 14-22

  5. Data Base and Preliminary Descriptive Analyses

    1. Data Base and Preliminary Descriptive Analyses

      • Klaus Fischer
      Pages 23-28

  6. Emigrants as Literary Producers in Nuclear Physics

    1. Emigrants as Literary Producers in Nuclear Physics

      • Klaus Fischer
      Pages 29-47

  7. Recognizing Emigrants’ Scientific Achievement: Temporal Order, Social Stratification, and Type of Journal

    1. Recognizing Emigrants’ Scientific Achievement: Temporal Order, Social Stratification, and Type of Journal

      • Klaus Fischer
      Pages 48-62

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 241-258
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About this book

Nuclear physics between 1921 and 1947 shaped more than any other science thepolitical landscape of our century and the public opinion on physical research. Using quantitative scientometric methods, a new branch in the history of science, the author focuses on the developments of nuclear physics in these formative years paying special attention to theimpact of German emigrants on the evolution of the field as a cognitive and social unity. The book is based on a thorough analysis of various citation analyses thus producing results that should be more replicable and more objective. The scientometric techniques should complement the more qualitative approach usually applied in historical writing. This makes the text an interesting study also for the historian in general.

Authors and Affiliations

  • FB 1, Wissenschaftstheorie und analytische Philosophie, Universität Trier, Trier, Germany

    Klaus Fischer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Changing Landscapes of Nuclear Physics

  • Book Subtitle: A Scientometric Study on the Social and Cognitive Position of German-Speaking Emigrants Within the Nuclear Physics Community, 1921–1947

  • Authors: Klaus Fischer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78089-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-56480-5Published: 29 April 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-78089-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: V, 256

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Nuclear Fusion, Measurement Science and Instrumentation

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