Book ID: CBB000029710

Hermann von Helmholtz and the foundations of 19th-century science (1993)

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Cahan, David L. (Editor)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 1993
Physical Details: xxix + 666 pp.; notes; bibl.; index

Description Contents: Cahan, David: Introduction: Helmholtz at the borders of science. Tuchman, Arleen: Helmholtz and the German medical community. Olesko, Kathryn M., Holmes, Frederic L.: Experiment, quantification, and discovery: Helmholtz's early physiological researches, 1843-50. Lenoir, Timothy: The eye as mathematician: Clinical practice, instrumentation, and Helmholtz's construction of an empiricist theory of vision. Turner, R. Steven: Consensus and controversy: Helmholtz on the visual perception of space. Kremer, Richard L.: Innovation through synthesis: Helmholtz and color research. Vogel, Stephan: Sensation of tone, perception of sound, and empiricism: Helmholtz's physiological acoustics. Bevilacqua, Fabio: Helmholtz's Ueber die Erhaltung der Kraft: The emergence of a theoretical physicist. Buchwald, Jed Z.: Electrodynamics in context: Object states, laboratory practice, and anti-romanticism. Kaiser, Walter: Helmholtz's instrumental role in the formation of classical electrodynamics. Kragh, Helge: Between physics and chemistry: Helmholtz's route to a theory of chemical thermodynamics. Bierhalter, Günter: Helmholtz's mechanical foundation of thermodynamics. Heidelberger, Michael: Force, law, and experiment: The evolution of Helmholtz's philosophy of science. DiSalle, Robert: Helmholtz's empiricist philosophy of mathematics: Between laws of perception and laws of nature. Hatfield, Gary: Helmholtz and classicism: The science of aesthetics and the aesthetics of science. Cahan, David: Helmholtz and the civilizing power of science.


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Authors & Contributors
Wade, Nicholas J.
Hiebert, Erwin N.
Stephen W. Link
ten Hagen, Sjang L.
Wolff, Stefan L.
Wise, M. Norton
Concepts
Physics
Geometry
Science
Senses and sensation; perception
Psychology
Physiology
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Germany
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