Helmholtz Curves - Tracing Lost Time

In 1850, Hermann von Helmholtz conducted path breaking experiments on the propagation speed of the nervous impulse. This book reconstructs the cultural history of these experiments by focusing on Helmholtz's use of the "graphic method" and the subsequent use of his term "lost time" by Marcel Proust.

List of contents

List of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Curves Regained 2. Semiotic Things 3. A Research Machine 4. Networks of Time, Networks of Knowledge 5. Time to Publish 6. Messages from the Big Toe 7. The Return of the Line Conclusion Chronology Notes Bibliography Index

About the author

Henning Schmidgen (Author)

Henning Schmidgen is Professor of Media Studies at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany.

Nils F. Schott (Translator)

Nils F. Schott is the James M. Motley Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University. The author of The Conversion of Knowledge, he is the co-editor, with Hent de Vries, of Love and Forgiveness for a More Just World (Columbia University Press, 2015) as well as translator and co-editor, with Alexandre Lefebvre, of Vladimir Jankélévitch's Henri Bergson.

Summary

In 1850, Hermann von Helmholtz conducted path breaking experiments on the propagation speed of the nervous impulse. This book reconstructs the cultural history of these experiments by focusing on Helmholtz’s use of the “graphic method” and the subsequent use of his term “lost time” by Marcel Proust.

Product details

• Authors: Henning Schmidgen, Henning/ Schot Schmidgen
• Assisted by: Nils F. Schot (Translation), Nils F Schott (Translation), Nils F. Schott (Translation)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2014
• EAN: 9780823261956
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-6195-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Forms of Living (FUP); Forms of Living; Forms of Living
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day