Selected writings of Hermann von Helmholtz.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von, 1821-1894, Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894
Other Authors: Kahl, Russell (ed.)
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press [1971]
Edition:[1st ed.]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The conservation of force: a physical memoir
  • The scientific researches of Goethe
  • The physiological causes of harmony in music
  • The application of the law of the conservation of force to organic nature
  • The relation of the natural sciences to science in general
  • Recent progress in the theory of vision
  • The aim and progress of physical science
  • The origin and meaning of geometric axioms, I
  • The origin of the planetary system
  • The relation of optics to painting
  • The endeavor to popularize science
  • Thought in medicine
  • The origin and meaning of geometric axioms, II
  • The facts of perception
  • The modern development of Faraday's conception of electricity
  • An epistemological analysis of counting and measurement
  • An autobiographical sketch
  • Goethe's anticipation of subsequent scientific ideas
  • The origin and correct interpretation of our sense impressions
  • Introduction to the lectures on theoretical physics (introduction and part II)
  • Bibliography (p. [530]-542)