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Hermann von Helmholtz and the foundations of nineteenth-century science / edited by David Cahan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: California studies in the history of science ; 12.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1993.Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 666 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520914094
  • 0520914090
  • 0585112894
  • 9780585112893
  • 1282356747
  • 9781282356740
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hermann von Helmholtz and the foundations of nineteenth-century science.DDC classification:
  • 509.2 B 20
LOC classification:
  • Q143.H5 H47 1993eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Chronological Listing of the Principal Events and Publications of Helmholtz's Life and Career -- Introduction: Helmholtz at the Borders of Science / David Cahan -- Helmholtz and the German Medical Community / Arleen Tuchman -- Experiment, Quantification, and Discovery: Helmholtz's Early Physiological Researches, 1843-50 / Kathryn M. Olesko and Frederic L. Holmes -- The Eye as Mathematician: Clinical Practice, Instrumentation, and Helmholtz's Construction of an Empiricist Theory of Vision / Timothy Lenoir -- Consensus and Controversy: Helmholtz on the Visual Perception of Space / R. Steven Turner -- Innovation through Synthesis: Helmholtz and Color Research / Richard L. Kremer -- Sensation of Tone, Perception of Sound, and Empiricism: Helmholtz's Physiological Acoustics / Stephan Vogel -- Helmholtz's Ueber die Erhaltung der Kraft: The Emergence of a Theoretical Physicist / Fabio Bevilacqua.
Summary: Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) was a polymath of dazzling intellectual range and energy. Renowned for his co-discovery of the second law of thermodynamics and his invention of the ophthalmoscope, Helmholtz also made many other contributions to physiology, physical theory, philosophy of science and mathematics, and aesthetic thought.
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Includes bibliographical references pages (603-636) and index.

Chronological Listing of the Principal Events and Publications of Helmholtz's Life and Career -- Introduction: Helmholtz at the Borders of Science / David Cahan -- Helmholtz and the German Medical Community / Arleen Tuchman -- Experiment, Quantification, and Discovery: Helmholtz's Early Physiological Researches, 1843-50 / Kathryn M. Olesko and Frederic L. Holmes -- The Eye as Mathematician: Clinical Practice, Instrumentation, and Helmholtz's Construction of an Empiricist Theory of Vision / Timothy Lenoir -- Consensus and Controversy: Helmholtz on the Visual Perception of Space / R. Steven Turner -- Innovation through Synthesis: Helmholtz and Color Research / Richard L. Kremer -- Sensation of Tone, Perception of Sound, and Empiricism: Helmholtz's Physiological Acoustics / Stephan Vogel -- Helmholtz's Ueber die Erhaltung der Kraft: The Emergence of a Theoretical Physicist / Fabio Bevilacqua.

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Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) was a polymath of dazzling intellectual range and energy. Renowned for his co-discovery of the second law of thermodynamics and his invention of the ophthalmoscope, Helmholtz also made many other contributions to physiology, physical theory, philosophy of science and mathematics, and aesthetic thought.

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