author
Friedrich Dannemann
1859–1936
A German teacher and historian of science, he helped turn the story of scientific discovery into something readers could follow as a connected whole. His big, ambitious books traced how ideas in physics, chemistry, and other sciences grew over time.
4 Audiobooks
Die Naturwissenschaften in ihrer Entwicklung und in ihrem Zusammenhange, IV. Band Das Emporblühen der modernen Naturwissenschaften seit der Entdeckung des Energieprinzips
by Friedrich Dannemann
Die Naturwissenschaften in ihrer Entwicklung und in ihrem Zusammenhange, I. Band Von den Anfängen bis zum Wiederaufleben der Wissenschaften
by Friedrich Dannemann
About the author
Born in Bremen on December 28, 1859, Friedrich Dannemann became known as a physicist, educator, school head, and historian of science. He later died in Bad Godesberg in 1936. Sources on his dates differ slightly, but major library and biographical records consistently place his life in 1859–1936.
Dannemann is best remembered for writing wide-ranging histories of the natural sciences. His multi-volume Die Naturwissenschaften in ihrer Entwicklung und in ihrem Zusammenhange was praised by later historian George Sarton as an early satisfactory textbook covering the history of science as a whole. He also published works designed to guide readers through scientific literature and to bring classic scientific texts within reach of a broader audience.
After a long career in education, he became an unsalaried professor of the history of science at the University of Bonn in 1927. His work also reached beyond his own books: he assisted Abraham Wolf on A History of Science, Technology, and Philosophy in the 16th and 17th Centuries, showing how strongly he was connected to the growing international study of science history.