His Primer of Aesthetics was the culmination of experiments made to determine which shapes and dimensions give the most pleasure.
His Primer of Aesthetics was the culmination of experiments made to determine which shapes and dimensions give the most pleasure. Eulogized by Wilhelm Wundt, this professor of Leipzig wrote books under the pseudonym Dr. Mises that explored the anatomy of angels and tried to determine what the moon was made of. His more famous works include a Zend-Avesta and his work with Ernst Weber that resulted in their namesake law, which states that the feeling of a "just noticeable difference" can be measured as constant fraction of the physical stimulation. FTP identify this proto-psychologist who postulated that mind and body are actually different sides of the same reality in his work Elements of Psychophysics.
His Primer of Aesthetics was the culmination of experiments made to determine which shapes and dimensions give the most pleasure.
Gustav Theodor Fechner