HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ

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HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ

• a brief biographical sketch by
• Carl J. Wenning

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Herman Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz

• German physiologist and physicist
• Born Potsdam, Prussia, August 31, 1821
• Died Charlottenburg (near Berlin), September 8,
  1894

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Most notable accomplishments

• Developed the concept of the conservation of
  energy, extending it to biological systems.
• Said the Suns energy source was gravit-ational
  contraction.
• Applied physics to study of music