David Cahan

Letters of Hermann von Helmholtz to his Parents 1837-1846

The Medical Education of a German Scientist
David Cahan

Letters of Hermann von Helmholtz to his Parents 1837-1846

The Medical Education of a German Scientist

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This volume presents forty-three letters. In so doing, it reveals two intertwined themes: Helmholtz’s love for his family and his lively cultural and social life as well as the course of his medical education at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Institut in Berlin and his progress towards becoming a fully accredited medical doctor and, eventually, university scientist. The extensive annotations identify all persons, things, and events mentioned by Helmholtz in the letters. Taken as a whole, Helmholtz’s letters to his parents reveal a vivid, compelling portrait of a young man who was soon to become one of the central figures in German (and European) scientific and cultural life during the second half of the nineteenth century.

Series Boethius
Volume 31
ISBN 978-3-515-06225-1
Media type Book - Paperback
Edition number 1.
Copyright year 1993
Publisher Franz Steiner Verlag
Length X, 133 pages
Illustrations m. 15 Taf.
Size 17.0 x 24.0 cm
Language English