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Treatise on Physiological Optics, Volume III

By: Hermann von Helmholtz

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Treatise on Physiological Optics, Volume III

By: Hermann von Helmholtz

The most important work ever produced in the field of physiological optics, this classic is a model of scientific method and logical procedure, and it remains unmatched in its thorough and accessible approach. This is the third in a three-volume republication of the definitive English translation of Handbuch der Physiologischen Optik, originally published by The Optical Society of America in 1924 and containing everything that was known about physiological optics up until that time. The substratum consists of the data that Helmholtz furnished in the two nineteenth-century German editions that appeared during his lifetime. These volumes also contain extensive supplementary matter that Nagel, Gullstrand, and Kries incorporated in the third German edition of 1911, as well as significant new material prepared for the 1924 English translation by C. Ladd-Franklin, Gullstrand, and Kries, with copious annotations by James P. C. Southall that brought the work up to date with current research. Volumes I and II discuss the dioptrics of the eye and the sensations of vision;Volume III examines the perceptions of vision. Its topics include eye movements; the monocular field of vision; direction of vision; perception of depth; binocular vision; and many other highly important topics. Appendixes cover later findings on spatial configuration in vision and the theory of binocular instruments. Indexes for all three volumes are organized by subject and author.

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0486174700

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Science and Culture

Popular and Philosophical Essays

By: Hermann von Helmholtz

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Popular and Philosophical Essays

By: Hermann von Helmholtz

Hermann von Helmholtz was a leading figure of nineteenth-century European intellectual life, remarkable even among the many scientists of the period for the range and depth of his interests. A pioneer of physiology and physics, he was also deeply concerned with the implications of science for philosophy and culture. From the 1850s to the 1890s, Helmholtz delivered more than two dozen popular lectures, seeking to educate the public and to enlighten the leaders of European society and governments about the potential benefits of science and technology to a developing modern society. David Cahan has selected fifteen of these lectures, which reflect the wide range of topics of crucial importance to Helmholtz and his audiences. Among the subjects discussed are the origins of the planetary system, the relation of natural science to science in general, the aims and progress of the physical sciences, the problems of perception, and academic freedom in German universities. This collection also includes Helmholtz's fascinating lectures on the relation of optics to painting and the physiological causes of harmony in music, which provide insight into the relations between science and aesthetics. Science and Culture makes available again Helmholtz's eloquent arguments on the usefulness, benefits, and, intellectual pleasures of understanding the natural world. With Cahan's Introduction to set these essays in their broader context, this collection makes an important contribution to the philosophical and intellectual history of Europe at a time when science played an increasingly significant role in social, economic, and cultural life.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226326586

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Mind and Nature

Selected Writings on Philosophy, Mathematics, and Physics

By: Hermann Weyl

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Mind and Nature

Selected Writings on Philosophy, Mathematics, and Physics

By: Hermann Weyl

Hermann Weyl (1885-1955) was one of the twentieth century's most important mathematicians, as well as a seminal figure in the development of quantum physics and general relativity. He was also an eloquent writer with a lifelong interest in the philosophical implications of the startling new scientific developments with which he was so involved. Mind and Nature is a collection of Weyl's most important general writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics, including pieces that have never before been published in any language or translated into English, or that have long been out of print. Complete with Peter Pesic's introduction, notes, and bibliography, these writings reveal an unjustly neglected dimension of a complex and fascinating thinker. In addition, the book includes more than twenty photographs of Weyl and his family and colleagues, many of which are previously unpublished. Included here are Weyl's exposition of his important synthesis of electromagnetism and gravitation, which Einstein at first hailed as "a first-class stroke of genius"; two little-known letters by Weyl and Einstein from 1922 that give their contrasting views on the philosophical implications of modern physics; and an essay on time that contains Weyl's argument that the past is never completed and the present is not a point. Also included are two book-length series of lectures, The Open World (1932) and Mind and Nature (1934), each a masterly exposition of Weyl's views on a range of topics from modern physics and mathematics. Finally, four retrospective essays from Weyl's last decade give his final thoughts on the interrelations among mathematics, philosophy, and physics, intertwined with reflections on the course of his rich life.

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Princeton University Press

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1400833329

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Scientific Papers

Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology

By: Michael Faraday,Hermann L. F. Von Helmholtz

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Scientific Papers

Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology

By: Michael Faraday,Hermann L. F. Von Helmholtz

Author names not noted above: Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Simon Newcomb, Sir Archibald Geikie Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XXX collects foundational essays from the 19th century that expanded our knowledge of and prompted further study in the fields of physics, chemistry, astronomy, and geology: [ from English natural philosopher MICHAEL FARADAY (1791-1867), "The Forces of Matter" and "The Chemical History of a Candle" [ from German physicist HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ (1821-1894), "On the Conservation of Force" and "Ice and Glaciers" [ from English mathematician SIR WILLIAM THOMSON, LORD KELVIN (1824-1907), "The Wave Theory of Light" and "The Tides" [ from Canadian-American astronomer Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), "The Extent of the Universe" [ from Scottish geologist Sir Archibald Geikie (1836-1924), "Geographical Evolution.

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1616401079

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Science and Culture

Popular and Philosophical Essays

By: Hermann von Helmholtz

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Popular and Philosophical Essays

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Scientific Papers

Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology

By: Michael Faraday,Hermann L. F. Von Helmholtz

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Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology

By: Michael Faraday,Hermann L. F. Von Helmholtz

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1616401087

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Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects

By: Hermann von Helmholtz,Edmund Atkinson

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Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects

By: Hermann von Helmholtz,Edmund Atkinson

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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338535823X

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Epistemological Writings

The Paul Hertz/Moritz Schlick centenary edition of 1921, with notes and commentary by the editors

By: H. von Helmholtz

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Epistemological Writings

The Paul Hertz/Moritz Schlick centenary edition of 1921, with notes and commentary by the editors

By: H. von Helmholtz

[1977] Hermann von Helmholtz in the History of Scientific Method In 1921, the centenary of Helmholtz' birth, Paul Hertz, a physicist, and Moritz Schlick, a philosopher, published a selection of his papers and lectures on the philosophical foundations of the sciences, under the title Schriften zur Erkenntnistheorie. Combining qualities of respect and criticism that Helmholtz would have demanded, Hertz and Schlick scrupulously annotated the texts. Their edition of Helmholtz was of historical influence, comparable to the influence among contemporary mathematicians and philosophers of Hermann Weyl's annotated edition in 1919 of Riemann's great dissertation of 1854 on the foundations of geometry. For several reasons, we are pleased to be able to bring this Schlick/ Hertz edition to the English-reading world: first, and primary, to honor the memory of Hermann von Helmholtz; second, as writings of historical value, to deepen the understanding of mathematics and the natural sciences, as well as of psychology and philosophy, in the 19th centur- for Helmholtz must be comprehended within at least that wide a range; third, with Schlick, to understand the developing empiricist philosophy of science in the early 20th century; and fourth, to bring the contributions of Schlick, Hertz, and Helmholtz to methodological debate in our own time, a half century later, long after the rise and consolidation of logical empiricism, the explosion of physics since Planck and Einstein, and the development of psychology since Freud and Pavlov.

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9027705828

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POPULAR LECTURES ON SCIENTIFIC

By: Hermann Von 1821-1894 Helmholtz,Edmund 1831-1901 Atkinson

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POPULAR LECTURES ON SCIENTIFIC

By: Hermann Von 1821-1894 Helmholtz,Edmund 1831-1901 Atkinson

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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1373748419

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SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE EAR B

By: Hermann Von 1821-1894 Helmholtz,Anton Friedrich Freiherr Von Troltsch

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By: Hermann Von 1821-1894 Helmholtz,Anton Friedrich Freiherr Von Troltsch

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Treatise on Physiological Optics, Volume III

Treatise on Physiological Optics, Volume III

Science and Culture

Science and Culture

Mind and Nature

Mind and Nature

Scientific Papers

Scientific Papers

Science and Culture

Science and Culture

Scientific Papers

Scientific Papers

Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects

Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects

Epistemological Writings

Epistemological Writings

POPULAR LECTURES ON SCIENTIFIC

POPULAR LECTURES ON SCIENTIFIC

SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE EAR B

SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE EAR B

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