Popular lectures on scientific subjects / by H. Helmholtz ; translated by E. Atkinson ; 1st series with an introduction by Professor Tyndall ; 2nd series with autobiography of the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894.

Contributor:

Atkinson, E. (Edmund)

Tyndall, John, 1820-1893.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Longman's Green, 1908-1912.

Contents:

First series: I. On the relation of natural science to science in general / translated by H. W. Eve

II. On Goethe's scientific researches / translated by H. W. Eve

III. On the physiological causes of harmony in music / translated by A. J. Ellis

IV. Ice and glaciers / translated by Dr. Atkinson

V. On the interaction of the natural forces / translated by Professor Tyndall

VI. The recent progress of the theory of vision / translated by Dr. Pye-Smith ; pt. I. The eye as on optical instrument ; pt. II. The sensation of sight ; pt. III. The perception of sight

VII. On the conservation of force / translated by Dr. Atkinson

VIII. On the aim and progress of physical science / translated by Dr. W. Flight.

Second series: I. Gustav Magnus: in memoriam

II. On the origin and significance of geometrical axioms

III. On the relation of optics to painting ; pt. I. Form ; pt. II. Shade ; pt. III. Colour ; pt. IV. Harmony of colour

IV. On the origin of the planetary system

V. On thought in medicine

VI. On academic freedom in German universities

VII. Hermann von Helmholtz: an autobiographical sketch.

Notes:

First series, 1912. Second series 1908.

OCLC:

248836729