Ebook: The Engineer and the Scandal: A Piece of Science History
Author: Dr.-Ing. Reint de Boer (auth.)
- Tags: Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials, Structural Foundations Hydraulic Engineering, Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology, Applied Geosciences, Applications of Mathematics, Science general
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The Engineer and the Scandal gives an in-depth study into an important part of the development of the Theory of Porous Media as well as the amazing story of the glittering life of Professor Karl von Terzaghi. It provides an outline of the bitter dispute between him and Professor Paul Fillunger, both working at the Technische Hochschule of Vienna, Austria, in the fields of soil mechanics and technical mechanics during the 1930s. The ugly confrontation with its tragic end was a scandal in many respects. The author, a well-known scientist himself in the field of the mechanics of porous media, investigated this piece of science history in Austria, Norway, and the United States of America. He discloses an amazing story which has been nearly forgotten although it produced large headlines in the Vienna of 1937.
The Engineer and the Scandal gives an in-depth study into an important part of the development of the Theory of Porous Media as well as the amazing story of the glittering life of Professor Karl von Terzaghi. It provides an outline of the bitter dispute between him and Professor Paul Fillunger, both working at the Technische Hochschule of Vienna, Austria, in the fields of soil mechanics and technical mechanics during the 1930s. The ugly confrontation with its tragic end was a scandal in many respects. The author, a well-known scientist himself in the field of the mechanics of porous media, investigated this piece of science history in Austria, Norway, and the United States of America. He discloses an amazing story which has been nearly forgotten although it produced large headlines in the Vienna of 1937.
The Engineer and the Scandal gives an in-depth study into an important part of the development of the Theory of Porous Media as well as the amazing story of the glittering life of Professor Karl von Terzaghi. It provides an outline of the bitter dispute between him and Professor Paul Fillunger, both working at the Technische Hochschule of Vienna, Austria, in the fields of soil mechanics and technical mechanics during the 1930s. The ugly confrontation with its tragic end was a scandal in many respects. The author, a well-known scientist himself in the field of the mechanics of porous media, investigated this piece of science history in Austria, Norway, and the United States of America. He discloses an amazing story which has been nearly forgotten although it produced large headlines in the Vienna of 1937.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Prologue....Pages 1-4
Karl von Terzaghi’s Childhood, Youth and his Road to Practice and Theory....Pages 5-152
Prelude to the Scandal....Pages 153-172
Intermezzo....Pages 173-194
The Scandal....Pages 195-238
The Further Development....Pages 239-272
Epilogue....Pages 273-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-293
The Engineer and the Scandal gives an in-depth study into an important part of the development of the Theory of Porous Media as well as the amazing story of the glittering life of Professor Karl von Terzaghi. It provides an outline of the bitter dispute between him and Professor Paul Fillunger, both working at the Technische Hochschule of Vienna, Austria, in the fields of soil mechanics and technical mechanics during the 1930s. The ugly confrontation with its tragic end was a scandal in many respects. The author, a well-known scientist himself in the field of the mechanics of porous media, investigated this piece of science history in Austria, Norway, and the United States of America. He discloses an amazing story which has been nearly forgotten although it produced large headlines in the Vienna of 1937.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Prologue....Pages 1-4
Karl von Terzaghi’s Childhood, Youth and his Road to Practice and Theory....Pages 5-152
Prelude to the Scandal....Pages 153-172
Intermezzo....Pages 173-194
The Scandal....Pages 195-238
The Further Development....Pages 239-272
Epilogue....Pages 273-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-293
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