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"It is now 150 years ago, on 25th May 1842, that the son of a Salzburg ston­ emason presented a scientific work ""On the coloured light of the double stars and certain other heavenly bodies"" at a meeting of the Royal Bo­ hemian Society of Sciences held in Prague. Christian Andreas Doppler, then professor at the Prague Technical Institute, set a milestone in scien­ tific history in the meeting room of the Royal Society in the Charles Uni­ versity, just a few meters from the National Theatre where another genius from Salzburg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, had celebrated his musical triumph with the premiere of his opera Don Giovanni fifty-five years earlier. Doppler's lecture set out in brilliant simplicity what we now call the Doppler principle, which since has found numerous uses in astronomy, which was of primary interest to Christian Doppler. In addition, it has found countless practical applications in physics, navigation, aeronautics, geodesy, medicine, science and technology. In medicine alone, Doppler sonography is now an established diagnostic procedure in the fields of childbirth, cardiology and diseases of the blood vessels, neurology, neuro­ surgery and vascular surgery, and is continually finding new medical appli­ cations in today's world of high technology."

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Author:   Alec Eden
Publisher:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.352kg
ISBN:  

9783709173787

ISBN 10:   3709173787
Pages:   137
Publication Date:   01 November 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

The Search for Christian Doppler.- From Toppler to Doppler: A Dynasty of Stonemasons.- Salzburg: The Young Doppler.- Vienna: Hope and Disappointment.- Prague and the Coloured Light of the Double Stars.- The Doppler Family.- 1848: A Turbulent Interlude.- The Return to Vienna.- Death in Venice.- Epilogue.- References.- The Published Works of Christian Doppler.- “On the Coloured Light of the Double Stars” Facsimile Edition with English Translation.

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