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Auteur(s) : Meulders, Michel (1930-....)
Titre(s) : Helmholtz [Texte imprimé] : from enlightenment to neuroscience / Michel Meulders ; translated and edited by Laurence Garey
Traduction de : Helmholtz
Publication : Cambridge : MIT press, cop. 2010
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVII-235 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Traduit du français : "Helmholtz". - Bibliogr. p. 227-235
"Although Hermann von Helmholtz was one of the most remarkable figures of nineteenth-century
science, he is little known outside his native Germany. Helmholtz (1821-1894) made
significant contributions to the study of vision and perception and was also influential
in the painting, music, and literature of the time; one of his major works analyzed
tone in music. This book, the first in English to describe Helmholtz's life and work
in detail, describes his scientific studies, analyzes them in the context of the science
and philosophy of the period--in particular the German Naturphilosophie--and gauges
his influence on today's neuroscience." "Helmholtz, trained by Johannes Muller, one
of the best physiologists of his time, used a resolutely materialistic and empirical
scientific method in his research. This puts him in the tradition of Kant and the
English empirical philosophers and directly opposed to the idealists and naturalists
who interpreted nature based on metaphysical presuppositions. Helmholtz's research
on color vision put him at odds with Goethe's more romantic theorizing on the subject;
but at the end of his life, Helmholtz honored Goethe's contributions, acknowledging
that artistic intuition could reveal truths about the human mind that are inaccessible
to science." "Helmholtz's work, eclipsed at the beginning of the twentieth century
by new ideas in neurophysiology, has recently been rediscovered. We can now recognize
in Helmholtz's methods--which were based on his belief in the interconnectedness of
physiology and psychology--the origins of neuroscience."--BOOK JACKET
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Garey, Laurence J.. Éditeur scientifique. Traducteur
Sujet(s) : Helmholtz, Hermann von (1821-1894)
Neurosciences -- Allemagne -- Histoire
Physiologie -- Allemagne -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
509.2 (23e éd.) = Sciences naturelles et mathématiques - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780262014489. - ISBN 0262014483 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43600786d
Notice n° :
FRBNF43600786
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