Ferdinand Rosenberger

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Ferdinand Rosenberger (born August 29, 1845 in Lobeda ; † September 11, 1899 in Oberstdorf , Bavaria ) was a German historian of science, especially of physics.

Rosenberger first attended the teachers' seminar and then was a primary school teacher and, following his musical disposition, cantor. Since that did not satisfy him, he studied mathematics and natural sciences at the University of Jena with the aim of becoming a teacher at a higher school, while also catching up on the Abitur. He received his doctorate in 1870 and passed the state examination in Kiel in 1876 . He has been teaching at private schools and at the Johanneum in Hamburg since 1873 . From 1877 he was a teacher at the Realgymnasium in Frankfurt am Main , where he later became a senior teacher and professor. At first he taught mathematics and natural sciences, later only physics and chemistry. He died of a stroke.

He became known for his history of physics. He also wrote a book on the development of physical thought by Isaac Newton , which Richard Westfall considered to be unsurpassed in his Newton biography.

He was a member of the Leopoldina (1892).

Fonts

  • The letter calculation; a development of the laws of basic arithmetic purely from the concepts of number and counting as a basis for teaching , Jena, 1876
  • On the genesis of scientific discoveries and inventions , Braunschweig, 1885
  • Isaac Newton and his physical principles; a main piece from the history of the development of modern physics , Leipzig, JA Barth, 1895, online
  • The history of physics in its basics, with synchronistic tables of mathematics, chemistry and descriptive natural sciences, as well as general history , 3 volumes, Braunschweig, Vieweg 1882/1884 / 1887–1890, online (PDF on archive.org): Volume 1 , 2 and 3
  • The modern development of the electrical principles. Five lectures , Leipzig, Barth, 1898, online

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Westfall Never at Rest , Cambridge University Press 1980
personal data
SURNAME Rosenberger, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physics historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Lobeda
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1899
Place of death Oberstdorf , Bavaria