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Selected writings of Hermann von Helmholtz. Edited, with introd.
- Title
- Selected writings of Hermann von Helmholtz. Edited, with introd., by Russell Kahl.
- Author
- Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894.
- Publication
- Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press [1971]
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- Additional Authors
- Kahl, Russell.
- Description
- xlv, 542 p. illus.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- 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)
- Call Number
- JSE 72-764
- ISBN
- 0819540390
- LCCN
- 70105503
- OCLC
- NYPG720401291-B
- Author
- Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894.
- Title
- Selected writings of Hermann von Helmholtz. Edited, with introd., by Russell Kahl.
- Imprint
- Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press [1971]
- Edition
- [1st ed.]
- Added Author
- Kahl, Russell.
- Research Call Number
- JSE 72-764