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Exit the frog, enter the human: Physiology and experimental psychology in nineteenth-century astronomy (2001)

Canales, Jimena (Author)

British Journal for the History of Science
Volume: 34
Pages: 173--197

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Physiology Experimental psychology Physics Astronomy Controversies and disputes Senses and sensation; perception 19th century Hirsch, Adolphe

Description Focuses on the debates surrounding the speed of sensory transmission and the work of Adolph Hirsch (1830-1901) to use physiology to establish accurate astronomical observations.

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