| Contents |
Part I. The Making of a Scientist: 1. The boy from Potsdam ; 2. At the gymnasium: father and son ; 3. Becoming a medical doctor ; 3. Undiscovered -- Part II. Gaining Scientific Renown: 5. Scientific networking ; 6. In the private and the public eye ; 7. The new dispensation ; 8. Unhappy intermezzo in Bonn ; 9. The turning point ; 10. The new angel ; 11. The relations of science ; 12. The relations of music ; 13. Popularizing science in Britain and Germany ; 14. Learning to see the world ; 15. Almost a professor of physics ; 17. The road to Berlin -- Part III. Scientific Grandee: 17. In the capital of Geist ; 18. The burdens of building physics ; 19. Among the elite ; 20. Kulturkampf in science, I ; 21. Kulturkampf in science, II ; 13. Anti-Helmholtz, again ; 23. In the scientific capitals of Europe ; 24. Institutional brilliance ; 25. Celebrations ; 26. Doyen ; 27. Science, art, and standards business ; 28. Charismatic leader ; 29. Atlantic crossings -- Epilogue: Helmholtz in modern German memory. |
