Pfannkuchen, Antje

This article studies how Johann Wilhelm Ritter proved that a specifically German Romantic approach turned a scientific impasse in the study of light into a new beginning. Ritter's thinking of polarity transcended a simple...

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Spanagel, David I., Lucier, Paul, Gronim, Sara Stidstone, Pawley, Emily, and Valencius, Conevery Bolton

The article focuses on science in the early American republic. Topics discussed include the ways that scientific ideas and controversies illuminated and animated the intellectual and public life of Americans during the late...

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