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Aesthetics, industry, and science : Hermann von Helmholtz and the Berlin Physical Society / M. Norto...

Aesthetics, industry, and science : Hermann von Helmhol...

Aesthetics, industry, and science : Hermann von Helmholtz and the Berlin Physical Society / M. Norto...

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Aesthetics, industry, and science : Hermann von Helmholtz and the Berlin Physical Society / M. Norton Wise.

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Full title

Aesthetics, industry, and science : Hermann von Helmholtz and the Berlin Physical Society / M. Norton Wise.

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Publisher

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.

Call Numbers

G 2018/4350

Record Identifier

74VKVkqoZ04b

MMS ID

991024179904702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xxi, 405 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Publication information

Publisher

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.

Place of Publication

Illinois

Date Published

2018.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

On January 5, 1845, the Prussian Cultural Minister received a request by a group of six young men to form a new Physical Society in Berlin. In fields from thermodynamics, mechanics, and electromagnetism to animal electricity, ophthalmology, and psychophysics, members of this small but growing group--which soon included Emil Du Bois-Reymond, Ernst B...

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Full title

Aesthetics, industry, and science : Hermann von Helmholtz and the Berlin Physical Society / M. Norton Wise.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2018

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Call Numbers

G 2018/4350

Record Identifier

74VKVkqoZ04b

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVkqoZ04b

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ISBN

9780226531359 hardcover ; alkaline paper

022653135X hardcover ; alkaline paper

DDC

509.22

MMS ID

991024179904702626

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