Author: Hermann von HelmholtzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music
Author: Hermann von HelmholtzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music
Author: Hermann von HelmholtzPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486607535
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Music, Physics and Engineering
Author: Harry F. OlsonPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486317021
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
This extraordinarily comprehensive text, requiring no special background, discusses the nature of sound waves, musical instruments, musical notation, acoustic materials, elements of sound reproduction systems, and electronic music. Includes 376 figures.
Helmholtz
Author: Michel MeuldersPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262014483
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The first biography in English of a nineteenth-century German scientist whose experimental approach influences today's neuroscience.
Tonpsychologie;
Author: Carl StumpfPublisher:
ISBN: 9781375729499
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Helmholtz
Author: David CahanPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022654916X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Hermann von Helmholtz was a towering figure of nineteenth-century scientific and intellectual life. Best known for his achievements in physiology and physics, he also contributed to other disciplines such as ophthalmology, psychology, mathematics, chemical thermodynamics, and meteorology. With Helmholtz: A Life in Science, David Cahan has written a definitive biography, one that brings to light the dynamic relationship between Helmholtz’s private life, his professional pursuits, and the larger world in which he lived. ? Utilizing all of Helmholtz’s scientific and philosophical writings, as well as previously unknown letters, this book reveals the forces that drove his life—a passion to unite the sciences, vigilant attention to the sources and methods of knowledge, and a deep appreciation of the ways in which the arts and sciences could benefit each other. By placing the overall structure and development of his scientific work and philosophy within the greater context of nineteenth-century Germany, Helmholtz also serves as cultural biography of the construction of the scientific community: its laboratories, institutes, journals, disciplinary organizations, and national and international meetings. Helmholtz’s life is a shining example of what can happen when the sciences and the humanities become interwoven in the life of one highly motivated, energetic, and gifted person.
Psychology of Music
Author: Diana DeutschPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483292738
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 563
Book Description
Approx.542 pages
Science and Culture
Author: Hermann von HelmholtzPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226326580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Hermann von Helmholtz was a leading figure of nineteenth-century European intellectual life, remarkable even among the many scientists of the period for the range and depth of his interests. A pioneer of physiology and physics, he was also deeply concerned with the implications of science for philosophy and culture. From the 1850s to the 1890s, Helmholtz delivered more than two dozen popular lectures, seeking to educate the public and to enlighten the leaders of European society and governments about the potential benefits of science and technology to a developing modern society. David Cahan has selected fifteen of these lectures, which reflect the wide range of topics of crucial importance to Helmholtz and his audiences. Among the subjects discussed are the origins of the planetary system, the relation of natural science to science in general, the aims and progress of the physical sciences, the problems of perception, and academic freedom in German universities. This collection also includes Helmholtz's fascinating lectures on the relation of optics to painting and the physiological causes of harmony in music, which provide insight into the relations between science and aesthetics. Science and Culture makes available again Helmholtz's eloquent arguments on the usefulness, benefits, and, intellectual pleasures of understanding the natural world. With Cahan's Introduction to set these essays in their broader context, this collection makes an important contribution to the philosophical and intellectual history of Europe at a time when science played an increasingly significant role in social, economic, and cultural life.
Anatole
Author: Eve TitusPublisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375839011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Anatole is a most honorable mouse. When he realizes that humans are upset by mice sampling their leftovers, he is shocked! He must provide for his beloved family--but he is determined to find a way to earn his supper. And so he heads for the tasting room at the Duvall Cheese Factory. On each cheese, he leaves a small note--"good," "not so good," "needs orange peel"--and signs his name. When workers at the Duvall factory find his notes in the morning, they are perplexed--but they realize that this mysterious Anatole has an exceptional palate and take his advice. Soon Duvall is making the best cheese in all of Paris! They would like to give Anatole a reward--if only they could find him...
Author: Alexander John Ellis