Helmholtz : from enlightenment to neuroscience /

"Although Hermann von Helmholtz was one of the most remarkable figures of nineteenth-century science, he is little known outside his native Germany. Helmholtz (1821-1894) made significant contributions to the study of vision and perception and was also influential in the painting, music, and li...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meulders, Michel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
©2010
Temas:
Helmholtz, Hermann von, > 1821-1894.
Helmholtz, Hermann von, > 1821-1894
Helmholtz, Hermann von > 1821-1894
Helmholtz, Hermann von.
Scientists > Germany > Biography.
Physiology.
Neurosciences.
Physiology
History, 19th Century
Neurosciences
Neurosciences > history
Physiology > history
Physiologie.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
physiology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Anatomy & Physiology.
Scientists
Kontroverse
Physikalismus
Physiologie
Vitalismus
Physik > Deutschland > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Vetenskapsmän > Tyskland > biografi.
Germany
HUMANITIES/Biography & Autobiography
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
Electronic books.
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover13;
  • Contents
  • Authors Acknowledgments
  • Translators Introduction
  • Preface
  • Prelude
  • 1 Helmholtz
  • 2 Natural Philosophy in Young Helmholtzs Time
  • 3 Johannes M252;ller, 8220;Man of Iron8221;
  • 4 Vitalism
  • 5 Helmholtz and the Understanding of Nature
  • Intermezzo with Artists
  • 6 In Search of Lost Time
  • 7 Goethe and His Vision of Nature
  • 8 The Dispute about Colors
  • 9 The Founding Regard
  • 10 For or Against Pythagoras?
  • 11 The Musical Ear
  • Conclusion
  • Postface
  • Notes
  • Bibliography.

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