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Book SynopsisThis text presents 15 lectures by Hermann von Helmholtz, a leading 19th-century scientist who was concerned with the implications of science for philosophy and culture. Topics covered include: the origins of the planetary system; the problems of perception; and the relation of optics to painting.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 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
