Carl Zeiss: A Biography 1816-1888

by Wolfgang Wimmer and Stephan Paetrow

Be it eyeglasses or telescopes, camera or movie lenses, microscopes or microsurgical instruments, the ZEISS brand stands for technology that pushes the limits of what is possible. Relatively little is known about the company's founder Carl Zeiss (1816 - 1888). Who was the man who set about revolutionizing optical device construction from his workshop in the small town of Jena ? Was the company established on solid entrepreneurial foundations, or was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3412504238
• ISBN13: 9783412504236
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.