The Military March of Physics – II: Teachers and Textbooks of Physics and Mechanical Sciences of the 19th Century Ottoman Military Schools
Abstract
Discipline-building history of physics and mechanical sciences in the
Ottoman Empire was a slow and accumulative process. It owed much to the
establishment and advancement of modern military schools –the favorite
institutions of the nineteenth-century reforms. This research article examines the
education of physics and mechanical sciences at the Ottoman military schools of
the nineteenth-century: the Mühendishane-i Berri-i Hümayun (the Military
Engineering School), the Mekteb-i Bahriye-i Şahane (the Naval Academy), the
Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane (the Military School of Medicine), and the Mekteb-i
Harbiye-i Şahane (the Military Academy). The author presupposes three
educational elements that were essential in the constitution of physics in this
period: The curriculum, the teacher and the textbook. Place of physics and
mechanical sciences in the curricula of these schools, has been examined in a
previous article, The Military March of Physics I. The present article, on the
other hand, examines the other two educational elements: teachers of physics
and mechanical sciences, and textbook written by them.
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Primary Language
English
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Meltem Akbaş
This is me
Publication Date
December 1, 2012
Submission Date
May 28, 2013
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2012 Volume: 14 Number: 1