Reint De Boer: The Engineer and the Scandal

Cover: 9783642062063 | The Engineer and the Scandal | A Piece of Science History | Boer | x

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The Engineer and the Scandals offers both an in-depth study of a critical step in the evolution of the theory of porous media and an absorbing tale of interpersonal dispute and ultimate tragedy involving two key theorists. Both working at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna, Karl von Terzaghi, 'the father of modern soil mechanics,' and Paul Fillunger engaged in a long disagreement in the 1930s over the handling of the physical problems in porous bodies. The ugly confrontation with its tragic end was a scandal in many respects, not only in Vienna but throughout the international engineering community, and perhaps a microcosm of wider unrest and upheaval in contemporaneous Middle Europe. Using biographical and scientific details, this book brings to life these diametrically opposed personalities, their clash of ideas and styles, and the sad consequences.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue.- Karl von Terzaghi¿s Childhood, Youth and his Road to Practice and Theory.- Prelude to the Scandal.- Intermezzo.- The Scandal.- The Further Development.- Epilogue.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Fachbereich:	Fertigungstechnik
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	x 294 S.
ISBN-13:	9783642062063
ISBN-10:	3642062067
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	De Boer, Reint
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st edition 2005
Hersteller:	Springer Springer-Verlag GmbH
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Reint De Boer
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.10.2010
Gewicht:	0,464 kg