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Leonhard Euler's Letters to a German Princess: A Milestone in the History of Physics Textbooks and More is a milestone in the history of physics textbooks and the instruction of women in the sciences.

It also covers views of its author on epistemology, religion, and innovations in scientific equipment, including telescopes and microscopes. Today, 250 years later, we study this work of Euler's as a foundation for the history of physics teaching and analyze the letters from an historical and pedagogical point of view.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Prologue: physics pedagogy
  • Author biographies
  • Physics textbooks: origins before 1650 and principal natural philosophies and physics textbooks of the Enlightenment
  • The two princesses and the Letters
  • Euler: life, research, and teaching
  • Selected letters from Volume 1 (letters 1-79)
  • Selected letters from Volume 2 (letters 80-154) and Volume 3 (letters 155-234)
  • Afterword
  • Selected bibliography
  • Glossary of principal names

Leonhard Euler's Letters to a German Princess: A Milestone in the History of Physics Textbooks and More

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      Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
      Publication Date: 30/06/2019
      ISBN13: 9781643271934, 978-1643271934
      ISBN10: 1643271938
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Leonhard Euler's Letters to a German Princess: A Milestone in the History of Physics Textbooks and More is a milestone in the history of physics textbooks and the instruction of women in the sciences.

      It also covers views of its author on epistemology, religion, and innovations in scientific equipment, including telescopes and microscopes. Today, 250 years later, we study this work of Euler's as a foundation for the history of physics teaching and analyze the letters from an historical and pedagogical point of view.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Prologue: physics pedagogy
      • Author biographies
      • Physics textbooks: origins before 1650 and principal natural philosophies and physics textbooks of the Enlightenment
      • The two princesses and the Letters
      • Euler: life, research, and teaching
      • Selected letters from Volume 1 (letters 1-79)
      • Selected letters from Volume 2 (letters 80-154) and Volume 3 (letters 155-234)
      • Afterword
      • Selected bibliography
      • Glossary of principal names

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