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Chronological Listing of the Principal Events and Publications of Helmholtz's Life and Career -- Introduction: Helmholtz at the Borders of Science / David Cahan -- 1. Helmholtz and the German Medical Community / Arleen Tuchman -- 2. Experiment, Quantification, and Discovery: Helmholtz's Early Physiological Researches, 1843-50 / Kathryn M. Olesko and Frederic L. Holmes -- 3. The Eye as Mathematician: Clinical Practice, Instrumentation, and Helmholtz's Construction of an Empiricist Theory of Vision / Timothy Lenoir -- 4. Consensus and Controversy: Helmholtz on the Visual Perception of Space / R. Steven Turner -- 5. Innovation through Synthesis: Helmholtz and Color Research / Richard L. Kremer -- 6. Sensation of Tone, Perception of Sound, and Empiricism: Helmholtz's Physiological Acoustics / Stephan Vogel -- 7. Helmholtz's Ueber die Erhaltung der Kraft: The Emergence of a Theoretical Physicist / Fabio Bevilacqua. -- 8. Electrodynamics in Context: Object States, Laboratory Practice, and Anti-Romanticism / Jed Z. Buchwald -- 9. Helmholtz's Instrumental Role in the Formation of Classical Electrodynamics / Walter Kaiser -- 10. Between Physics and Chemistry: Helmholtz's Route to a Theory of Chemical Thermodynamics / Helge Kragh -- 11. Helmholtz's Mechanical Foundation of Thermodynamics / Günter Bierhalter -- 12. Force, Law, and Experiment: The Evolution of Helmholtz's Philosophy of Science / Michael Heidelbeger -- 13. Helmholtz's Empiricist Philosophy of Mathematics: Between Laws of Perception and Laws of Nature / Robert DiSalle -- 14. Helmholtz and Classicism: The Science of Aesthetics and the Aesthetics of Science / Gary Hatfield -- 15. Helmholtz and the Civilizing Power of Science / David Cahan. |
