Best known for his study of electricity, Helmholtz also was a pioneer in the study of color. He extended the theory of Young that color could be represented by combinations of only three colors, as ...

Hermann von Helmholtz developed the first practical ophthalmoscope, among his many other scientific achievements. * Image: Hulton-Deutsch Collection / Corbis * 1850: German physician Hermann von ...

Researchers notice Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in quantum fluid for the first time and the resultant vortices is present in ...

Though he was considered a scientific colossus well into the 20th century, Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-94) is now unfamiliar to many educated people, even those interested in science. Yet Sigmund ...

John Carmody: I'm always amazed by the energy of the great figures of the 19th century. They must have worked non-stop to produce so much. Wagner not only wrote all of those long and very thorough ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Journal for General Philosophy of Science is a forum for discussion concerning the philosophy of science. Its subject matter ...

THE German original of this book appeared in 1903, and was reviewed at some length in NATURE of July 2 in the same year (vol. lxviii., p. 193). The work of translation is admirably done in every way, ...

I. EDUCATION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL WORK. THE third and last volume of Koenigsberger's biography of the great natural philosopher has now appeared. The whole work is worthy of its subject; the author made ...