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The Helmholtz Curves : Tracing Lost Time.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Forms of Living SeriesPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (248 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823261970
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Helmholtz CurvesDDC classification:
  • 571
LOC classification:
  • QP354.S36 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Curves Regained -- 2. Semiotic Things -- 3. A Research Machine -- 4. Networks of Time, Networks of Knowledge -- 5. Time to Publish -- 6. Messages from the Big Toe -- 7. The Return of the Line -- Conclusion -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: In 1850, Hermann von Helmholtz conducted path breaking experiments on the propagation speed of the nervous impulse. This book reconstructs the cultural history of these experiments by focusing on Helmholtz's use of the "graphic method" and the subsequent use of his term "lost time" by Marcel Proust.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Curves Regained -- 2. Semiotic Things -- 3. A Research Machine -- 4. Networks of Time, Networks of Knowledge -- 5. Time to Publish -- 6. Messages from the Big Toe -- 7. The Return of the Line -- Conclusion -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

In 1850, Hermann von Helmholtz conducted path breaking experiments on the propagation speed of the nervous impulse. This book reconstructs the cultural history of these experiments by focusing on Helmholtz's use of the "graphic method" and the subsequent use of his term "lost time" by Marcel Proust.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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