Hermann von Helmholtz: A 19th Century Renaissance Man
Optics and Photonics News, Vol. 21, Issue 3, pp. 34-39 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPN.21.3.000034
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Abstract
Hermann von Helmholtz was many things to many people: physicist, teacher, medical doctor, aesthete and more. He drew on his extensive knowledge of many fields to invent the ophthalmoscope-a device that revolutionized ophthalmology-when he was just 29 years old.
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Barry R. Masters, "Hermann von Helmholtz: A 19th Century Renaissance Man," Optics & Photonics News 21(3), 34-39 (2010)
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