Intellectual Mastery of Nature: Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein: v. 2: The Now Mighty Theoretical Physics, 1870-1925 by Christa Jungnickel
A majestic study of a most important epoch of intellectual history.--Brian Pippard, Times Literary Supplement Superbly written and exhaustively researched.--Peter Harman, NatureWinner of the 1987 Pfizer Award of the History of Science Society