Julius Ruska

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Julius Ferdinand Ruska (9 February 1867,

historian of science
and educator.

He was a critical scholar of

Islamic science, raising many issues on attributions and sources of the texts, and providing translations. The range of his studies was wide, including the Emerald Tablet, a basic hermetic text. From 1924 he headed an institute in Heidelberg
, where he has been a student.

Of his seven children, Ernst Ruska and Helmut Ruska were distinguished in their fields.

Books

  • Studien zur Geschichte der Chemie Festgabe (in German). Springer, 1927, 242 Pages. 1927. .

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