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Profile

Name:

Richard Kremer

Primary Title:

Associate Professor

Primary Dept:

History

Secondary Title:

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Secondary Dept:

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Areas of Expertise:

history of science; scientific lore; evolution of scientific thought

Bio:

Kremer teaches courses in the history of science, medicine and technology. He specializes in European science from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries. His books include The Thermodynamics of Life and Experimental Physiology (Garland 1990), a study of experiment in nineteenth-century medicine; Letters of Hermann von Helmholtz to His Wife, 1849-1859 (Steiner 1990), an edition of early letters by a leading German physicist and cultural icon; and The Practice of Alfonsine Astronomy in the Fifteenth Century (forthcoming), an analysis of early printed almanacs. Kremer's current research examines responses to Copernican astronomy in astrological calendars printed between 1543-1630.

Website:

Richard Kremer's website

Contact

Office Phone:

603-646-2228

Home Phone:

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Other Phone:

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Email:

Richard.L.Kremer@dartmouth.edu

 

 

Last updated: 11/30/05