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Leonhard Euler's Letters to a German Princess: A Milestone in the History of Physics Textbooks and More is a milestone in the history of physics textbooks and the instruction of women in the sciences.
It also covers views of its author on epistemology, religion, and innovations in scientific equipment, including telescopes and microscopes. Today, 250 years later, we study this work of Euler's as a foundation for the history of physics teaching and analyze the letters from an historical and pedagogical point of view.
Contents
Preface
Prologue: physics pedagogy
Author biographies
Physics textbooks: origins before 1650 and principal natural philosophies and physics textbooks of the Enlightenment
The two princesses and the Letters
Euler: life, research, and teaching
Selected letters from Volume 1 (letters 1-79)
Selected letters from Volume 2 (letters 80-154) and Volume 3 (letters 155-234)
Afterword
Selected bibliography
Glossary of principal names



