| Author | Rolf Löther |
| Editor | Ilse Jahn |
| Publisher | Spektrum Akademischer Verlag |
| Editorial Assistant | Erika Krauße, Rolf Löther, Hans Querner, Isolde Schmidt, Konrad Senglaub |
| Copyright Holder | Spektrum Akademischer Verlag GmbH |
| Production | druckhaus köthen |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | WSP Design |
| Foreword by | Ilse Jahn |
| About/Subject | History of science |
| Contributing Writer | Rolf Löther, Georg Harig, Jutta Kollesch, Rainer Nabielek, Brigitte Hoppe, Ilse Jahn, Vera Eisnerova, Armin Geus, Thomas Junker, Hans Querner, Heinz Penzlin, Ekkehard Höxtermann, Jörg Schulz, Konrad Senglaub, Ulrich Sucker, Günther Leps, Werner Köhler, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger |
| Format | Soft cover |
| Language | German |
| Location | Germany |
| This Edition Published | 1998 |
| Pages / Font | 1088 pages |
| Edition No. | 3. |
| ISBN | 3-8274-1023-1 |
| Barcode | 9 783827 410238 |
| Notes | 3., neubearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage |
