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Hermann von Helmholtz. Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz [a] (31 August 1821 – 8 September 1894) was a German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields, particularly hydrodynamic stability. [2] The Helmholtz Association, the largest German association of research institutions, is named in his ...
Feb 18, 2008 · Hermann von Helmholtz. Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894) participated in two of the most significant developments in physics and in the philosophy of science in the 19th century: the proof that Euclidean geometry does not describe the only possible visualizable and physical space, and the shift from physics based on actions between particles ...
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Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz was born on August 31, 1821, in Potsdam, Germany. His father August Ferdinand Helmholtz was a teacher at the Potsdam Gymnasium (high school) and his mother (née Caroline Penne) was a remote descendent of William Penn, Founder of Pennsyl-vania (1681). Helmholtz grew up in an upper-middle class home but enjoyed ...
Discusses the contributions of Hermann Von Helmholtz in the field of psychology. Hemholtz presented a pioneer work in the field of 'Conservation of Energy'. He applied the doctrine of the specific energies of the nerve, in the spheres of optics and acoustics. He maintained the diversity of the specific energies corresponding to differences of quality, within one and the same sense. Helmholtz ...
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Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von (1821–94) David Cahan, in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition), 2015. Abstract. This article outlines the life and career of Hermann von Helmholtz in order to illuminate his influence on the nascent social sciences, above all on psychology.
Von Helmholtz, Hermann Roger K. Thomas1 r.s:;;! (1) Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, 30602-3013 Athens, GA, USA B Roger K. Thomas Email: rkthomas@uga.edu Without Abstract Basic Biographical Information Helmholtz (1821-1894) was born in Potsdam, Germany, where his father taught languages and
Hermann von Helmhotz (The Library of Congress. Reproduced by permission.) In 1852 Helmholtz conducted what was probably his most important work as a physician: the measurement of the speed of a nerve impulse. It had been assumed that such a measurement could never be obtained by science, since the speed was far too great for instruments to catch.
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