Hermann von Helmholtz and the foundations of nineteenth-century science (University of California Press, 1993)
Includes bibliographical references pages (603-636) and index
Chronological Listing of the Principal Events and Publications of Helmholtz's Life and Career -- - Introduction: Helmholtz at the Borders of Science - David Cahan -- - Helmholtz and the German Medical Community - Arleen Tuchman -- - Experiment, Quantification, and Discovery: Helmholtz's Early Physiological Researches, 1843-50 - Kathryn M. Olesko and Frederic L. Holmes -- - The Eye as Mathematician: Clinical Practice, Instrumentation, and Helmholtz's Construction of an Empiricist Theory of Vision - Timothy Lenoir -- - Consensus and Controversy: Helmholtz on the Visual Perception of Space - R. Steven Turner -- - Innovation through Synthesis: Helmholtz and Color Research - Richard L. Kremer -- - Sensation of Tone, Perception of Sound, and Empiricism: Helmholtz's Physiological Acoustics - Stephan Vogel -- - Helmholtz's Ueber die Erhaltung der Kraft: The Emergence of a Theoretical Physicist - Fabio Bevilacqua
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 physiolo