{"product_id":"science-and-culture-9780226326580","title":"Science and Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  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","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036521693527,"sku":"9780226326580","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226326580.jpg?v=1750932275","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/science-and-culture-9780226326580","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}