{"product_id":"helmholtz-from-enlightenment-to-neuroscience-9780262518192","title":"Helmholtz: From Enlightenment to Neuroscience","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first biography in English of a nineteenth-century German scientist whose experimental approach influences today's neuroscience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Hermann von Helmholtz was one of 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 \u003ci\u003eNaturphilosophie\u003c\/i\u003e--and gauges his influence on today's neuroscience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelmholtz, trained by Johannes Müller, one of the best physiologists of his time, used a resolutely materialistic and empirical scientific method in his research. His 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262518192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.73h x 5.87w x 0.52d","brand":"Michel Meulders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52379378679989,"sku":"9780262518192","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f608d913-6e98-48b8-9855-99febfdd0779.jpg?v=1774372573","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/helmholtz-from-enlightenment-to-neuroscience-9780262518192","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}