Die Notizbücher des Mineralogen und Petrographen Friedrich Becke 1855–1931

The notebooks of mineralogist and petrographer Friedrich Johann Karl Becke (1855-1931) give impressive testimony to the scientific practices at the turn of the century. Moreover, they provide a detailed insight into Becke''s working style and depict a disciplined and experimentally adventurous scientist who meticulously documented observations of nature and arrived at new and fundamental conclusio...