Hermann von Helmholtz and the Cultural Image of Science
FAIN: RH-21168-94
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lincoln, NE 68503-2427)
David L. Cahan (Project Director: October 1993 to March 1998)
To support the preparation of a biography of the 19th-century German scientist Hermann von Helmholtz, who is known for his pioneering work on conservation of energy and sensory physiology and his invention of the ophthalmoscope.