Hermann Von Helmholtz And The Foundations Of Nineteenth Century Science
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Hermann Von Helmholtz And The Foundations Of Nineteenth Century Science
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Author : David Cahan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1993
Hermann Von Helmholtz And The Foundations Of Nineteenth Century Science written by David Cahan and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Science categories.
A biography of a 19th-century German scientist renowned for the co-discovery of the second law of thermodynamics and his invention of the ophthalmoscope. The volume relates how von Helmholtz also made contributions to the fields of physiology, philosophy of science and aesthetics.
Hermann Von Helmholtz And The Foundations Of Nineteenth Century Science
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Author : David Cahan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1994-01-12
Hermann Von Helmholtz And The Foundations Of Nineteenth Century Science written by David Cahan and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-12 with Science categories.
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-sage—much 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and philosophy for this intellectual biography of Helmholtz, the first ever to critically assess both his published and unpublished writings.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.
Helmholtz And The Conservation Of Energy
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Author : Kenneth L. Caneva
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2021-08-03
Helmholtz And The Conservation Of Energy written by Kenneth L. Caneva and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-03 with Science categories.
An examination of the sources Helmholtz drew upon for his formulation of the conservation of energy and the impact of his work on nineteenth-century physics. In 1847, Herman Helmholtz, arguably the most important German physicist of the nineteenth century, published his formulation of what became known as the conservation of energy--unarguably the most important single development in physics of that century, transforming what had been a conglomeration of separate topics into a coherent field unified by the concept of energy. In Helmholtz and the Conservation of Energy, Kenneth Caneva offers a detailed account of Helmholtz's work on the subject, the sources that he drew upon, the varying responses to his work from scientists of the era, and the impact on physics as a discipline. Caneva describes the set of abiding concerns that prompted Helmholtz's work, including his rejection of the idea of a work-performing vital force, and investigates Helmholtz's relationship to both an older generation of physicists and an emerging community of reformist physiologists. He analyzes Helmholtz's indebtedness to Johannes Müller and Justus Liebig and discusses Helmholtz's tense and ambivalent relationship to the work of Robert Mayer, who had earlier proposed the uncreatability, indestructibility, and transformability of "force." Caneva examines Helmholtz's continued engagement with the subject, his role in the acceptance of the conservation of energy as the central principle of physics, and the eventual incorporation of the principle in textbooks as established science.
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Physics In The Nineteenth Century
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Author : Robert D. Purrington
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 1997
Physics In The Nineteenth Century written by Robert D. Purrington and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Medical categories.
Putting physics into the historical context of the Industrial Revolution and the European nation-state, Purrington traces the main figures, including Faraday, Maxwell, Kelvin, and Helmholtz, as well as their interactions, experiments, discoveries, and debates. The success of nineteenth-century physics laid the foundation for quantum theory and relativity in the twentieth. Robert D. Purrington is a professor of physics at Tulane University and coauthor of Frame of the Universe.
The Oxford Handbook Of German Philosophy In The Nineteenth Century
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Author : Michael N. Forster
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2015-02-05
The Oxford Handbook Of German Philosophy In The Nineteenth Century written by Michael N. Forster and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-05 with Philosophy categories.
The Oxford Handbook of German Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century is the first collective critical study of this important period in intellectual history. The volume is divided into four parts. The first part explores individual philosophers, including Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx, and Nietzsche, amongst other great thinkers of the period. The second addresses key philosophical movements: Idealism, Romanticism, Neo-Kantianism, and Existentialism. The essays in the third part engage with different areas of philosophy that received particular attention at this time, including philosophy of nature, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of history, and hermeneutics. Finally, the contributors turn to discuss central philosophical topics, from skepticism to mat-erialism, from dialectics to ideas of historical and cultural Otherness, and from the reception of antiquity to atheism. Written by a team of leading experts, this Handbook will be an essential resource for anyone working in the area and will lead the direction of future research.
Reader S Guide To The History Of Science
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Author : Arne Hessenbruch
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-16
Reader S Guide To The History Of Science written by Arne Hessenbruch and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-16 with History categories.
The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and disciplines (Mathematics), general themes (Romantic Science) and central concepts (Paradigm and Fact). The history of science is construed widely to include the history of medicine and technology as is reflected in the range of disciplines from which the international team of 200 contributors are drawn.
The Kantian Legacy In Nineteenth Century Science
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Author : Michael Friedman
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2006
The Kantian Legacy In Nineteenth Century Science written by Michael Friedman and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Philosophy and science categories.
Historians of philosophy, science, and mathematics explore the influence of Kant's philosophy on the evolution of modern scientific thought.
Nineteenth Century Science
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Author : A.S. Weber
language : en
Publisher: Broadview Press
Release Date : 2000-03-10
Nineteenth Century Science written by A.S. Weber and has been published by Broadview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-03-10 with Science categories.
Nineteenth-Century Science is a science anthology which provides over 30 selections from original 19th-century scientific monographs, textbooks and articles written by such authors as Charles Darwin, Mary Somerville, J.W. Goethe, John Dalton, Charles Lyell and Hermann von Helmholtz. The volume surveys scientific discovery and thought from Jean-Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of evolution of 1809 to the isolation of radium by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898. Each selection opens with a biographical introduction, situating each scientist and discovery within the context of history and culture of the period. Each entry is also followed by a list of further suggested reading on the topic. A broad range of technical and popular material has been included, from Mendeleev’s detailed description of the periodic table to Faraday’s highly accessible lecture for young people on the chemistry of a burning candle. The anthology will be of interest to the general reader who would like to explore in detail the scientific, cultural, and intellectual development of the nineteenth-century, as well as to students and teachers who specialize in the science, literature, history, or sociology of the period. The book provides examples from all the disciplines of western science-chemistry, physics, medicine, astronomy, biology, evolutionary theory, etc. The majority of the entries consist of complete, unabridged journal articles or book chapters from original 19th-century scientific texts.
Emil Du Bois Reymond
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Author : Gabriel Finkelstein
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2013-11-01
Emil Du Bois Reymond written by Gabriel Finkelstein and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-01 with Science categories.
A biography of an important but largely forgotten nineteenth-century scientist whose work helped lay the foundation of modern neuroscience. Emil du Bois-Reymond is the most important forgotten intellectual of the nineteenth century. In his own time (1818–1896) du Bois-Reymond grew famous in his native Germany and beyond for his groundbreaking research in neuroscience and his provocative addresses on politics and culture. This biography by Gabriel Finkelstein draws on personal papers, published writings, and contemporary responses to tell the story of a major scientific figure. Du Bois-Reymond's discovery of the electrical transmission of nerve signals, his innovations in laboratory instrumentation, and his reductionist methodology all helped lay the foundations of modern neuroscience. In addition to describing the pioneering experiments that earned du Bois-Reymond a seat in the Prussian Academy of Sciences and a professorship at the University of Berlin, Finkelstein recounts du Bois-Reymond's family origins, private life, public service, and lasting influence. Du Bois-Reymond's public lectures made him a celebrity. In talks that touched on science, philosophy, history, and literature, he introduced Darwin to German students (triggering two days of debate in the Prussian parliament); asked, on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War, whether France had forfeited its right to exist; and proclaimed the mystery of consciousness, heralding the age of doubt. The first modern biography of du Bois-Reymond in any language, this book recovers an important chapter in the history of science, the history of ideas, and the history of Germany.