The Search for Christian Doppler [Hardcover]

Alec Eden (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 3211823670 | ISBN-13: 978-3211823675 | Publication Date: December 17, 2002 | Edition: 1

The Doppler principle is widely applied in astronomy, navigation, geodesy and a number of other disciplines of science and technology. Doppler sonography plays an increasingly important role in many fields of medicine - angiology, neurology, cardiology - an promises many exciting possibilities in the future. Yet, until recently, very little was known about the Austrian scientist whose name has been given to an established and routine medical examination. This book seeks to fill this gap and gives insight into the life of Christian Doppler, not only as a scientist, but also as a persona nd family man. It provides a wealth of new information and many new documents on the man who presented his famous paper "On the coloured light of the double stars" (which appears in facsimile with an English translation) in Prague 150 years ago this year.

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Language Notes

Text: English, German

Product Details

• Hardcover: 136 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 17, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3211823670
• ISBN-13: 978-3211823675

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