1977/03/01 by R. Steven Turner · 10 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies #Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques #Neural dynamics and brain function
paper · doi:10.1017/s0007087400015089
The term ‘Ohm's law’ traditionally denotes the formula of Georg Simon Ohm relating voltage, current, and resistance in metallic conductors. But to students of sensory physiology and its history, ‘Ohm's law’ also denotes another relationship: the fundamental principle of auditory perception that Ohm announced in 1843. This aspect of Ohm's science has attracted very little attention, partly because his galvanic researches so thoroughly eclipsed it in success and importance, and partly because Ohm's work in physiological acoustics had so little immediate impact on the science of his time. On announcing his hypothesis in 1843, Ohm found himself drawn into a bitter dispute with the physicist August Seebeck, who successfully discredited the hypothesis and forced Ohm to withdraw from the field.