Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from An Introduction to the Mechanics of the Inner Ear
The author does not pretend to present in this book a complete, perfect, and final solution of the problem concern ing the mechanics of the inner ear. His farthest reaching hopes will be fulfilled if he succeeds in impressing upon the reader's mind the fact that there are here still problems left for solution and in giving these problems such a clear and definite formulation that the interest of others will be turned towards them. There is little hope for a final solution of these problems except by the co-operation of many investigators. The contents of this book are arranged from a peda gogical rather than from a logical point of view. The author does not intend to present a systematic representation of his own ideas for comparison with the ideas of others, but rather a series of lectures as he would deliver them before a class of college students, not presupposing any knowledge or any in terest but what a somewhat advanced college student might be expected to possess. A reader who should prefer to make himself acquainted with the contents of this. Book from an other point of View, will be able to do this by the aid of the index added. The author has attempted to omit as much as possible everything of a polemic nature. His criticism of the views of other investigators may be found in his previous publica tions. In this book he does not propose to record the views of other scientists, but the conclusions which he has reached himself after more than a decade of thought concerning these problems. For the reader who might be interested in the development of the author's thought concerning these prob lems, he has added at the end of the book a list of those pub lications of his own which are directly concerned with the problems here presented. The author hopes-that this booklet will help to break down the barrier of dogmatism which has too long stood in the way of progress in this field of scientific inquiry, and which is still far from being a thing of the past. It is truly dogmatism to profess that the application of so simple a theorem as that of Fourier can do justice to an attempt at comprehending the mechanical processes underlying the won derfully complicated and unfortunately only superficially known phenomena of audition. 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.
