Hermann von Helmholtz

As early as the 1890s, Swami Vivekananda spent time with scientific luminaries such as Lord Kelvin, Hermann von Helmholtz, and Nikola Tesla.

Philip Goldberg: Are Eastern Religions More Science-Friendly? 2010

In the late nineteenth century, Hermann von Helmholtz, a physicist and physiologist, became the first scientist to suggest that creative ideas emerge in three predictable stages.

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working Tony Schwartz 2010

In the late nineteenth century, Hermann von Helmholtz, a physicist and physiologist, became the first scientist to suggest that creative ideas emerge in three predictable stages.

Be Excellent at Anything Tony Schwartz 2010

As early as the 1890s, Swami Vivekananda spent time with scientific luminaries such as Lord Kelvin, Hermann von Helmholtz, and Nikola Tesla.

Philip Goldberg: Are Eastern Religions More Science-Friendly? 2010

In the late nineteenth century, Hermann von Helmholtz, a physicist and physiologist, became the first scientist to suggest that creative ideas emerge in three predictable stages.

Be Excellent at Anything Tony Schwartz 2010

On the other hand, Hermann von Helmholtz, the great nineteenth-century German scientist you could call him a physicist, but his contributions to biology and psychology were greater, said, of the eye: ‘If an optician wanted to sell me an instrument which had all these defects, I should think myself quite justified in blaming his carelessness in the strongest terms, and giving him back his instrument.’

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

“Hermann von Helmholtz und die neuere Psychology”: “Hermann von Helmholtz and the New Psychology,” Engl. Trans.

On A Trans-Atlantic Flight 2009

On the other hand, Hermann von Helmholtz, the great nineteenth-century German scientist you could call him a physicist, but his contributions to biology and psychology were greater, said, of the eye: ‘If an optician wanted to sell me an instrument which had all these defects, I should think myself quite justified in blaming his carelessness in the strongest terms, and giving him back his instrument.’

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

AW: In 1847, Hermann von Helmholtz presented a mathematical formulation of the principle of the conservation of energy, and subsequent generations of physicists have regarded this as the key to understanding nature as a whole.

Interview with B. Alan Wallace, Author of Hidden Dimensions William Harryman 2009

Many people threw up their hands at answering basic questions like how many types of light receptors do we have in our eyes or how fast does a signal travel down a nerve cell ("instantanously" was one popular hypothesis) until Hermann von Helmholtz designed ingenious behavioral experiments long before the technology was available to answer those questions (and likely before anyone knew such technology would be available).

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