The Investigations Of Hermann Von Helmholtz On The Fundamental Principles Of Mathematics And Mechanics

Author : Leo Koenigsberger
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
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Download or read book The Investigations of Hermann Von Helmholtz on the Fundamental Principles of Mathematics and Mechanics written by Leo Koenigsberger and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Cahan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520914090
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hermann von Helmholtz and the Foundations of Nineteenth-Century Science written by David Cahan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994-01-12 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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and philosophy for this intellectual biography of Helmholtz, the first ever to critically assess both his published and unpublished writings.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.

Author : USA Congress House of Representatives
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Total Pages : 926 pages
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Download or read book House Documents written by USA Congress House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
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Total Pages : 926 pages
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Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Smithsonian Institution
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Total Pages : 928 pages
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Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
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Total Pages : 216 pages
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Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Cahan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022654916X
Total Pages : 946 pages
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Download or read book Helmholtz written by David Cahan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hermann von Helmholtz was a towering figure of nineteenth-century scientific and intellectual life. Best known for his achievements in physiology and physics, he also contributed to other disciplines such as ophthalmology, psychology, mathematics, chemical thermodynamics, and meteorology. With Helmholtz: A Life in Science, David Cahan has written a definitive biography, one that brings to light the dynamic relationship between Helmholtz’s private life, his professional pursuits, and the larger world in which he lived. ? Utilizing all of Helmholtz’s scientific and philosophical writings, as well as previously unknown letters, this book reveals the forces that drove his life—a passion to unite the sciences, vigilant attention to the sources and methods of knowledge, and a deep appreciation of the ways in which the arts and sciences could benefit each other. By placing the overall structure and development of his scientific work and philosophy within the greater context of nineteenth-century Germany, Helmholtz also serves as cultural biography of the construction of the scientific community: its laboratories, institutes, journals, disciplinary organizations, and national and international meetings. Helmholtz’s life is a shining example of what can happen when the sciences and the humanities become interwoven in the life of one highly motivated, energetic, and gifted person.

Author : D. Baird
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401588554
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heinrich Hertz: Classical Physicist, Modern Philosopher written by D. Baird and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sub-title of this symposium is accurate and, in a curious way, promises more than it states: Classical Physicist, Modem Philosopher. Heinrich Hertz, as the con summate experimentalist of 19th century technique and as brilliant clarifying critic of physical theory of his time, achieved one of the fulfilments but at the same time opened one of the transition points of classical physics. Thus, in his 'popular' lecture 'On the Relations Between Light and Electricity' at Heidelberg in the Fall of 1889, Hertz identified the ether as henceforth the most fundamental problem of physics, as the conceptual mystery but also the key to understanding mass, electric ity, and gravity. Of Hertz's demonstration of electric waves, Helmholtz told the Physical Society of Berlin: "Gentlemen! I have to communicate to you today the most important physical discovery of the century. " Hertz, philosophizing in his direct, lucid, pithy style, once wrote "We have to imagine". Perhaps this is metaphysics on the horizon? In the early pages of his Principles of Mechanics, we read A doubt which makes an impression on our mind cannot be removed by calling it metaphysical: every thoughtful mind as such has needs which scientific men are accustomed to denote as metaphysical. (PM23) And at another place, concerning the terms 'force' and 'electricity' and the alleged mystery of their natures, Hertz wrote: We have an obscure feeling of this and want to have things cleared up.

Author : Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
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Total Pages : 912 pages
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Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution to July, 1896 written by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christa Jungnickel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319495658
Total Pages : 460 pages
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Download or read book The Second Physicist written by Christa Jungnickel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-10 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the rise of theoretical physics in 19th century Germany. The authors show how the junior second physicist in German universities over time became the theoretical physicist, of equal standing to the experimental physicist. Gustav Kirchhoff, Hermann von Helmholtz, and Max Planck are among the great German theoretical physicists whose work and career are examined in this book. Physics was then the only natural science in which theoretical work developed into a major teaching and research specialty in its own right. Readers will discover how German physicists arrived at a well-defined field of theoretical physics with well understood and generally accepted goals and needs. The authors explain the nature of the work of theoretical physics with many examples, taking care always to locate the research within the workplace. The book is a revised and shortened version of Intellectual Mastery of Nature: Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, a two-volume work by the same authors. This new edition represents a reformulation of the larger work. It retains what is most important in the original work, while including new material, sharpening discussions, and making the research more accessible to readers. It presents a thorough examination of a seminal era in physics.