The Helmholtz curves : tracing lost time /
This book reconstructs the emergence of the phenomenon of ""lost time"" by engaging with two of the most significant time experts of the nineteenth century: the German physiologist Hermann von Helmholtz and the French writer Marcel Proust. Its starting point is the archival disco...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English German |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2014
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Forms of living.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This book reconstructs the emergence of the phenomenon of ""lost time"" by engaging with two of the most significant time experts of the nineteenth century: the German physiologist Hermann von Helmholtz and the French writer Marcel Proust. Its starting point is the archival discovery of curve images that Helmholtz produced in the context of pathbreaking experiments on the temporality of the nervous system in 1851. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780823261970 0823261972 9780823261987 0823261980 0823261948 9780823261949 0823261956 9780823261956 9780823266463 082326646X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
