Subjective Sensations Of Sight And Sound

Author : William Richard Gowers
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333190644
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Subjective Sensation of Sight and Sound, Abiotrophy, and Other Lectures (Classic Reprint) written by William Richard Gowers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Subjective Sensation of Sight and Sound, Abiotrophy, and Other Lectures The following Lectures, which have appeared in print at various times, have been carefully revised. The first lec ture has been throughout rewritten, and its substance re arranged, in the light of later experience, which has not, however, modified its chief conclusions. These can only be extended by the collection of many other facts observed with care and recorded with precision. To promote such observations is one object of its republication. The second has also been carefully revised, and will likewise, I hope, promote more systematic study of a symptom which is apt to be passed over as too common to merit attention. Of the other lectures I need only say that the last, On the Use of Drugs, although given some years ago, seems to need no change in consequence of fresh knowledge. There is indeed a prospect that our ultimate conceptions may be thrown into crucible, and recast by the in uence of ardent thought, through the discoveries regarding radio-activity, and the possible nature of the elementary constituents of matter. But we must remember that these do not alter the coarser facts we were previously able to perceive. All that has been demonstrated regarding atoms and molecules, chemical affinities, and chemical compounds and com himations, and the relation of these to energy, latent or released, remains true, whatever may be discerned of the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."