On The Sensational Helmholtz - Introduction

German post stamp issued on Helmholtz´s centennial of death in 1994

On the Sensational Helmholtz


Helmholtz (1821-1894) is generally regarded as one of the foremost scientists and intellectuals of the world

in the 19th century. In his native Germany, and even in other countries, he has been celebrated at every 50 years

cycle after his birth and his death. His centennial in 1921 was honored by several ceremonies, academic and

bibliographical productions, as much as in 1971, when both Germanies held parties for him, including the

emission of postal stamps and other homages.

In 1994, many books and papers were published as an account of his various theories generated in different fields,

which are still highly influential today. 

Finally, 2021 is the 200th anniversary of Hermann von Helmholtz, his first celebration in the 21st century.

We expect to contribute in a limited but systematic way, with the elaboration of several products and events

that aim at identifying  and conveying  his countless contributions, mainly to music acoustics, musicology

and auditory perception. 

A transdisciplinary working group of scholars from more than six countries was gathered, with the initial task

of producing a book on Helmholtz's actuality. This book is proposed to ser as the basis of an audiovisual

pedagogical series in 12 episodes. 

A whole ensemble of about 20 musical instruments and other sounding objects is being joined, including some

specially conceived creations, to demonstrate the music acoustical principles discovered or described by Helmholtz. 

These instruments and several devices developed by Helmholtz will constitute a portable and interactive

exhibition, for people of all ages, on his legacy to the science and art of sound.  

The Sensational Helmholtz executive and consulting group is still being formed, with specialists from

9 countries so far (Germany, Sweden, Poland, Portugal, Australia, USA, Canada, Brazil and Argentina) , under the general coordination of  professors Malte Kob (Germany, Detmold University of Music-

ETI Sound Engeneering Institute) and Leonardo Fuks (Poland/Brazil, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro).


A timeline of Helmholtz´ Era (in German). From the megazine 200 Jahre Helmholtz issued by Hermann von

Helmholtz Research Association


West German stamp celebrating Helmholtz´s  150th  anniversary , 1971


German Democratic Republic stamp with Helmholtz celebrating the 250 years of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin, 1950



Biographies and other books about Helmholtz


1

Hermann von Helmholtz, David Cahan

Science and Culture: Popular and Philosophical Essays

0226326594, 9780226326597

University Of Chicago Press 1995

2

M. Norton Wise

Aesthetics, Industry, and Science: Hermann von Helmholtz and the Berlin Physical Society

022653135X, 9780226531359

University of Chicago Press 2018

3

Gregor Schiemann

Hermann von Helmholtz's Mechanism: The Loss of Certainty: A Study on the Transition from Classical to Modern Philosophy of Nature

Archimedes: New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 17

140205629X, 9781402056307, 9781402056291

Springer 2008

4

Gary Carl Hatfield

The natural and the normative: theories of spatial perception from Kant to Helmholtz

0262080869, 9780262080866

MIT Press 1990

5

Hermann von Helmholtz (auth.)

Epistemological Writings: The Paul Hertz/Moritz Schlick Centenary Edition of 1921 with Notes and Commentary by the Editors

Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 37

978-90-277-0582-2, 978-94-010-1115-0

Springer Netherlands 1977

6

David Cahan

Hermann von Helmholtz and the foundations of 19-century science

California Studies in the History of Science

0520083342, 9780520083349, 9780585112893

University of California Press 1994

7

Michel Meulders

Helmholtz: From Enlightenment to Neuroscience

0262014483, 9780262014489

The MIT Press 2010

8

Sean F. Wu (auth.)

The Helmholtz Equation Least Squares Method: For Reconstructing and Predicting Acoustic Radiation

Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing

978-1-4939-1639-9, 978-1-4939-1640-5

Springer-Verlag New York 2015

9

Francesca Biagioli (auth.)

Space, Number, and Geometry from Helmholtz to Cassirer

Archimedes 46

978-3-319-31777-9, 978-3-319-31779-3

Springer International Publishing2016

10

Hermann von Helmholtz (auth.)

Schriften zur Erkenntnistheorie: Kommentiert von Moritz Schlick und Paul Hertz

Kleine Bibliothek für das 21. Jahrhundert 2

978-3-211-82770-3, 978-3-7091-6817-2

Springer Vienna 1998

11

Hermann Von Helmholtz, Edmund Atkinson

Popular Scientific Lectures

9781142126148, 1142126145

Nabu Press 2010

12

David Cahan

Helmholtz: A Life in Science

022648114X, 9780226481142

University of Chicago Press 2018

13

Benjamin Steege

Helmholtz and the modern listener

1107015170, 9781107015173, 9781139512336, 9781139057745

Cambridge University Press 2012

14

Nail A Gumerov, Ramani Duraiswami

Fast Multipole Methods for the Helmholtz Equation in Three Dimensions

Elsevier Series in Electromagnetism

0080443710, 9780080531595, 9780080443713

Elsevier Science 2005

15

Schiemann, Gregor, Helmholtz, Hermann von

Hermann von Helmholtz's mechanism: the loss of certainty: a study on the transition from classical to modern philosophy of nature

Archimedes 17

978-1-4020-5629-1, 140205629X, 978-1-4020-5630-7

Springer 2009

16

Domenico Lahaye, Jok Tang, Kees Vuik (eds.)

Modern Solvers for Helmholtz Problems

Geosystems Mathematics

978-3-319-28831-4, 978-3-319-28832-1

Birkhäuser Basel 2017 

17

Hermann von Helmholtz (auth.)

Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen als Physiologische Grundlage für die Theorie der Musik

978-3-663-18482-9, 978-3-663-18653-3

Vieweg+Teubner Verlag 1913 18

Rudolf Lipschitz (auth.), Prof. Dr. Winfried Scharlau (eds.)

Briefwechsel mit Cantor, Dedekind, Helmholtz, Kronecker, Weierstrass und anderen

Dokumente zur Geschichte der Mathematik 2

978-3-528-08969-6, 978-3-663-14205-8

Vieweg+Teubner Verlag 1986

19

Nail A Gumerov, Ramani Duraiswami

Fast Multipole Methods for the Helmholtz Equation in Three Dimensions

Elsevier Series in Electromagnetism

0080443710, 9780080531595, 9780080443713

Elsevier Science 2005

20

Helmholtz Hermann von.

Vorträge und Reden. Band 1 und Band 2

21

Teri Merrick

Helmholtz, Cohen, and Frege on Progress and Fidelity: Sinning Against Science and Religion

Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture

9783030572983, 9783030572990

Springer 2020

22

Erwin Hiebert

The Helmholtz Legacy in Physiological Acoustics

Archimedes: New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 39

978-3-319-06601-1, 978-3-319-06602-8

Springer 2014

23

Hermann von Helmholtz, Vincenzo Cappelletti (ed.)

Opere

Classici UTET

UTET 1967

24

Francesca Biagioli

Space, Number, and Geometry from Helmholtz to Cassirer

3319317776, 9783319317779

Springer 2016

25

Hermann von Helmholtz (translated by E. Atkinson, PH.D., F.C.S.)

Popular lectures on scientific subjects, second series (with an autobiography of the author) 1908 

26

David Hyder

The Determinate World: Kant and Helmholtz on the Physical Meaning of Geometry

3110183919, 9783110183917

Walter de Gruyter 2009

27

L, Hermann, Helmholtz, F

On the Sensations of Tone Dover Publications 1954

28

Hermann von Helmholtz, David Cahan

Science and Culture: Popular and Philosophical Essays

0226326586, 9780226326580, 0226326594, 9780226326597

University Of Chicago Press 1995

29

Michel Meulders

Helmholtz : from enlightenment to neuroscience

9780262289641, 0262289644, 9780262290388, 0262290383

MIT Press2010

30

Gerrit Lohmann, Klaus Grosfeld (auth.), Gerrit Lohmann, Klaus Grosfeld, Dieter Wolf-Gladrow, Vikram Unnithan, Justus Notholt, Anna Wegner (eds.)

Earth System Science: Bridging the Gaps between Disciplines: Perspectives from a Multi-Disciplinary Helmholtz Research School

SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences

978-3-642-32234-1, 978-3-642-32235-8

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

31

Gerrit Lohmann, Helge Meggers, Vikram Unnithan, Dieter Wolf-Gladrow, Justus Notholt, Astrid Bracher (eds.)

Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach in Earth System Science: Advances of a Helmholtz Graduate Research School

Springer Earth System Sciences

978-3-319-13864-0, 978-3-319-13865-7

Springer International Publishing 2015

32

Henning Schmidgen, Nils F. Schott

The Helmholtz Curves: Tracing Lost Time (Forms of Living)

FUP

0823261956, 9780823261956

Fordham University Press 2014

33

Kasner E.

Geometry of the Heat Equation Second Paper. The Three Degenerate Types of Laplace, Poisson and Helmholtz 1933

34

Peter Brimblecombe (auth.), Markus Quante, Ralf Ebinghaus, Götz Flöser (eds.)

Persistent Pollution – Past, Present and Future: School of Environmental Research - Organized by Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht

3642174205, 9783642174209

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

35

H. von Helmholtz, Max Dohrn, Julius Schiff (auth.)

Goethes naturwissenschaftliches Denken und Wirken: Drei Aufsätze

978-3-642-93873-3, 978-3-642-94273-0

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1932

36

Helmholtz H.

Popular lectures on scientific subjects. 2nd series

37

KAHL, HARRY RUSSELL

THE PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS OF HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ: THE PHILOSOPHY AND EPISTEMOLOGY OF THE GERMAN SCIENTIST

38

H. Poincaré, Dr. W. Jaeger, Dr. E. Gumlich (auth.), J. Blondin, Bernard Brunhes (eds.)

Elektricität und Optik: Erster Band Die Theorien von Maxwell und die elektromagnetische Lichttheorie. Zweiter Band Die Theorien von Ampère und Weber — Die Theorie von Helmholtz und Die Versuche von Hertz

978-3-642-51308-4, 978-3-642-51427-2

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1892

39

Professor Dr. E. Engelking (auth.), Professor Dr. E. Engelking (eds.)

Dokumente zur Erfindung des Augenspiegels durch Hermann von Helmholtz im Jahre 1850

978-3-642-53308-2, 978-3-642-53307-5

J.F. Bergmann-Verlag München1950

40

David Hyder

The Determinate World: Kant and Helmholtz on the Physical Meaning of Geometry

3110183919, 978-3-11-018391-7

Walter de Gruyter2009

41

Андрей Владимирович Лебединский, Ушер Иойнович Франкфурт, Александр Моисеевич Френк

Гельмгольц (Helmholtz)Наука1966

42

Hermann von Helmholtz (auth.)

Ueber das Ziel und die Fortschritte der Naturwissenschaft: Eröffnungsrede für die Naturforscherversammlung zu Innsbruck 1869

978-3-663-03080-5, 978-3-663-04269-3

Vieweg+Teubner Verlag1964

43

Hyder, David

The determinate world: Kant and Helmholtz on the physical meaning of geometry

Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie

978-3-11-018391-7, 3110183919

de Gruyter 2009

44

John Tyndall (auth.), H. Helmholtz, G. Wiedemann (eds.)

Der Schall: Acht Vorlesungen Gehalten in der Royal Institution von Grossbritannien

978-3-663-19844-4, 978-3-663-20181-6

Vieweg+Teubner Verlag 1869

45

A. Gülhan (auth.), Ali Gülhan (eds.)

RESPACE – Key Technologies for Reusable Space Systems: Results of a Virtual Institute Programme of the German Helmholtz-Association, 2003 – 2007

Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design 98

978-3-540-77818-9, 978-3-540-77819-6

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg2008

46

Hermann v. Helmholtz (auth.)

Goethe’s naturwissenschaftliche Arbeiten: Goethe’s Vorahnungen kommender naturwissenschaftlicher Ideen

978-3-663-00602-2, 978-3-663-02515-3

Vieweg+Teubner Verlag191747

N. Gumerov, et al.,

Fast Multipole Methods for the Helmholtz Eqn in Three DimsElsevier2004

48

Гельмгольц Г. (Helmholtz H.)

Два исследования по гидродинамике

49

Ivan Zhelyazkov

Kelvin-helmholtz Instability In Solar Atmospheric Jets

9789811223747, 9789811223754, 9789811223761

World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

50

Гельмгольц Г.(Helmholtz H.)

Основы вихревой теории

5-93972-109-5

Институт космических исследований2002

51

Гельмгольц Г.(Helmholtz)

О сохранении силыГТТИ1934146

52

Marcus Reckermann (auth.), Keith Brander, Brian R. MacKenzie, Anders Omstedt (eds.)

Climate Impacts on the Baltic Sea: From Science to Policy: School of Environmental Research - Organized by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht

Springer Earth System Sciences

978-3-642-25727-8, 978-3-642-25728-5

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

53

Webster A. G.

On a Condition for Helmholtzs Equation Similar to Lames (1902)(en)

54

Gel'mgol'c G., Kroneker L.(von Helmholtz H., Kronecker L.)

Schet i izmerenie. Ponyatie o chisleKazan'189350

55

Helmholtz H.V.

Zwei Hydrodynamische Abhandlungen

56

David Cahan

Helmholtz

b716035c-c323-48ba-a674-d030e8a5ac40

The University of Chicago Press

57

David Cahan

Helmholtz

b716035c-c323-48ba-a674-d030e8a5ac40

The University of Chicago Press

58

Professor Dr. Wolfgang Jaeger (auth.)

Die Erfindung der Ophthalmoskopie: dargestellt in den Originalbeschreibungen der Augenspiegel von Helmholtz, Ruete und Giraud-Teulon

978-3-540-08699-4, 978-3-642-95319-4

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

59

H. von Helmholtz, Max Dohrn, Julius Schiff (auth.)

Goethes naturwissenschaftliches Denken und Wirken: Drei Aufsätze

9783642938733, 9783642942730

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

60

David Cahan

HelmholtzThe University of Chicago 61

David Cahan

Helmholtzrtf, 9.79 MB

62

David Cahan [Cahan, David]

HelmholtzThe University of Chicago Presslit, 4.49 MB

63

H. Helmholtz (auth.)

Beschreibung Eines Augen-Spiegels: Zur Untersuchung der Netzhaut im Lebenden Auge

978-3-662-40811-7, 978-3-662-41295-4

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg









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