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Hermann von Helmholtz and the Foundations of Nineteenth-Century Science

By David Cahan

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
1994
ISBN
0520083342, 9780520083349, 9780585112893
LCC
Q143.H5 H47 1993
Open Library ID
OL1407820M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
1 MB (1528676 bytes)
Series
California Studies in the History of Science
Pages
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Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56

Description

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. During the late nineteenth century, Helmholtz was revered as a scientist-sagemuch like Albert Einstein in this century. David Cahan has assembled an outstanding group of European and North American historians of science and philosophy for this intellectual biography of Helmholtz, the first ever to critically assess both his published and unpublished writings. It represents a significant contribution not only to Helmholtz scholarship but also to the history of nineteenth-century science and philosophy in general.

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