R. de Boer The Engineer and the Scandal
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ne must have hypotheses and theories in order to organise one^s knowledge: otherwise everyWing remains mere debris
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) Physicist and witty satirist in Gottingen
Reint de Boer
The Engineer and the Scandal A Piece of Science History
With 103 Figures
Professor Dr.-Ing. Reint de Boer o. Professor em. f¨ ur Mechanik an der Universit¨ at Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen Institut f¨ ur Mechanik Fachbereich Bauwissenschaften D-45117 Essen http://www.uni-essen.de/mechanik/Mitarb/deBoer.htm
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