Anton Pannekoek
Subtitle: Ways of Viewing Science and Society
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Place of publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9789048535002
Subjects: Astronomy, space & time; History of science
Description: Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960), prominent astronomer and world-renowned socialist theorist, stood at the nexus of the revolutions in politics, science and the arts of the early twentieth century. His astronomy was uniquely visual and highly innovative, while his politics were radical. Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society collects essays on Pannekoek and his contemporaries at the crossroads of political history, the history of science and art history.
Notes: English.