Selected writings of Hermann von Helmholtz / Edited, with introd., by Russell Kahl.

Author/creator Helmholtz, Hermann von
Other author Kahl, Russell, editor.
Format Book
Edition[1st ed.].
Publication InfoMiddletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [1971]
Descriptionxlv, 542 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleWorks. Selections. English
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)
LCCN 70105503
ISBN0819540390
Stock number$25.00

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