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Science and culture : popular and philosophical essays / Hermann von Helmholtz ; edited and with an introduction by David Cahan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Philosophy--History--19th century.
- Science.
- Science--Philosophy.
- History.
- Science--Social aspects--History--19th century.
- Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894--Philosophy.
- Helmholtz, Hermann von.
- Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894.
- Philosophy.
- Science--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 418 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
- Summary:
- Introduction Selected Further Readings 1: On Goethe's Scientific Researchers (1853) 2: On the Interaction of the Natural Forces (1854) 3: On the Physiological Causes of Harmony in Music (1857) 4: On the Relation of Natural Science to Science in General (1862)5: On the Conservation of Force (1862-63) 6: The Recent Progress of the Theory of Vision (1868) 7: On the Aim and Progress of Physical Science (1869) 8: On the Origin and Significance of Geometrical Axioms (1870) 9: On the Origin of the Planetary System (1871) 10: On the Relation of Optics to Painting (1871) 11: On Thought in Medicine (1877) 12: On Academic Freedom in German Universities (1877) 13: The Facts in Perception (1878) 14: Hermann von Helmholtz. An Autobiographical Sketch (1891) 15: Goethe's Presentiments of Coming Scientific Ideas (1892) Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226326586
- 0226326594
- OCLC:
- 32273537
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