Selected writings of Hermann von Helmholtz / edited, with introduction, by Russell Kahl.

Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [1971]

xlv, 542 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

The conservation of force: a physical memoir.--The scientific researches of Goethe.--The physiological causes of harmony in music.--The application of the law of the conservation of force to organic nature.--The relation of the natural sciences to science in general.--Recent progress in the theory of vision.--The aim and progress of physical science.--The origin and meaning of geometric axioms, I.--The origin of the planetary system.--The relation of optics to painting.--The endeavor to popularize science.--Thought in medicine.--The origin and meaning of geometric axioms, II.--The facts of perception.--The modern development of Faraday's conception of electricity.--An epistemological analysis of counting and measurement.--An autobiographic sketch.--Goethe's anticipation of subsequent scientific ideas.--The origin and correct interpretation of our sense impressions.--Introduction to the lectures on theoretical physics (introduction and part II).--Bibliography (p. [530]-542)