Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects
| Authors | Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901 |
| Tags | Science, Universities and colleges -- Germany |
| Publisher | Longman's, Green and Co. |
| Published | 12 gen 1881 |
| Date | 12 ago 2022 |
| Languages | eng |
| Identifiers | uri: https://archive.org/details/lecturespopularo00helmrich, oclc: 1157123972 |
Description
Jungnickel & McCormmach, The Second Physicist (2017):
Helmholtz extolled the freedom of learning and teaching together with the value placed on research in German universities, a state of affairs he judged superior to what was found in the tight, exam-ridden universities in France and Britain.
Hermann von Helmholtz, “On Academic Freedom ,” in Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects , 2nd ser. (1881), 237–65 [DjVu pp. 251-79], on 238 [DjVu p. 252].
Helmholtz describes English vs. French medieval universities and pedagogy of lecturing.