The Loss of Certainty : Herman von Helmholtz's Mechanism at the Dawn of Modernity. A Study on the Transition from Classical to Modern Philosophy of Nature (Archimedes) <Vol. 17>

The volume of his work, reaching from medicine to physiology to physics and epis- mology, his impact on the development of the sciences far beyond German borders, and the contribution he made to the organization and popularization of research, all established Helmholtz's prominence both in the academic world and in public cultural life.