Science and culture : popular and philosophical essays

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Science and culture : popular and philosophical essays

Hermann von Helmholtz ; edited and with an introduction by David Cahan

University of Chicago Press, 1995

  • : cloth
  • : paper

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Bibliography: p. [xvii]-xviii

Includes index

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: cloth ISBN 9780226326580

内容説明

Hermann von Helmholtz was a 19th-century pioneer of physiology and physics in Europe who was concerned with the implications of science for philosophy and culture. From the 1850s to the 1890s, he delivered over two dozen 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. This text presents 15 of these lectures, which reflect the wide range of topics discussed by Helmholtz. Among the subjects covered 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 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.

目次

Introduction 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
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: paper ISBN 9780226326597

内容説明

Hermann von Helmholtz was a 19th-century pioneer of physiology and physics in Europe who was concerned with the implications of science for philosophy and culture. From the 1850s to the 1890s, he delivered over two dozen 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. This text presents 15 of these lectures, which reflect the wide range of topics discussed by Helmholtz. Among the subjects covered 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 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.

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