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1 online resource (xxix, 666 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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California studies in the history of science ; 12
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California studies in the history of science ; 12.
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Includes bibliographical references pages (603-636) and index. |
| 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 -- 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894.
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Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894. |
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Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von. |
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Science -- History -- 19th century.
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Science. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Scientists -- Germany -- Biography.
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Scientists. |
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Germany. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Physiologists -- Germany -- Biography.
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Physiologists. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Cahan, David, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hermann von Helmholtz and the foundations of nineteenth-century science. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993 0520083342 (DLC) 93016285 (OCoLC)27430374 |
| ISBN |
9780520914094 (electronic book) |
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0520914090 (electronic book) |
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0585112894 (electronic book) |
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9780585112893 (electronic book) |
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1282356747 |
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9781282356740 |
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0520083342 (alkaline paper) |
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