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Also Known As Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz
Born August 31, 1821 • PotsdamGermany
Died September 8, 1894 (aged 73) • BerlinGermany
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1873)
Notable Works “Handbook of Physiological Optics”“On the Sensation of Tone As a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music”
Subjects Of Study Helmholtz free energyHelmholtz resonatorbody heatconservation of energyelectricityeyenerve impulsenon-Euclidean geometryperfect fluidprinciple of least actionsense organsoundvortexwavesensationvitalism

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