Helmholtz and the conservation of energy: contexts of creation and reception

Annals of Science 80 (1):78-81 (2023)
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Every so often a book comes along that transforms one’s perspective on a major development in the history of science. Kenneth Caneva’s is one of them. Built upon decades of immersion in the primary...

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