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Energy What is the nature of heat – is it a substance or infinitesimal movement of matter? Among others, the Bavarian War Minister Benjamin Thompson, later known as Count Rumford, found an answer by a

Radioactivity Meet Marie Curie on her way from a promising student, who was born and raised in difficult times, to one of the most renowned female natural scientists in the 20th century and especially

Metamorphosis Maria Sibylla Merian started to observe caterpillar cocoons and make drawings of those at the age of 13. Nineteen years later, she published her first book in which she layed out the pri

Electricity In 1778, a strange line pattern in the grass leads Martin, Andreas and Michael to a talk of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. He describes the geneation of these patterns in his laboratory in G

Joliot-Curie and artificial radioactivity Irene was alone at home as her husband Frederic had to give a lecture early in the morning. Their two children were taken for a walk by the nanny, and Irene w

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Lichtenberg i elektrofor Lichtenberg, który żył w 18 wieku, był wybitnym naturalistą, krytykiem sztuki, satyrykiem, aforystą i jednym z twórców niemieckiej fizyki eksperymentalnej. W swoim artykule: "

Mouchot i kuchenka słoneczna Nasza historia zaczyna się w typowy, zimowy, styczniowy ranek w Alençon, we Francji. Był rok 1860. Nauczyciel matematyki w szkole średniej, Augustyn Mouchot, zatrząsnął si

Rumford i cieplik Benjamin Thompson, bawarski minister wojny, wszedł do pracowni aby skontrolować produkcję nowych dział. Jak można zauważyć, Benjamin Thompson nie jest raczej typowym bawarskim nazwis

DFG Research Group ‘Antiziganism and Ambivalence in Europe (1850-1950) The research group analyses the intertwined history of representations of others and self-articulations that contributed to the i