Goethe's "exposure of Newton's theory": a polemic on Newton's theory of light and colour
"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, although best known for his literary work, was also a keen and outspoken natural scientist. In the second polemic part of Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours), for example, Goethe attacked Isaac Newton's ground-breaking revelation that light is heterogeneous and...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, although best known for his literary work, was also a keen and outspoken natural scientist. In the second polemic part of Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours), for example, Goethe attacked Isaac Newton's ground-breaking revelation that light is heterogeneous and not immutable, as was previously thought. This polemic was unanimously rejected by the physicists of the day, and has often been omitted from compendia of Goethe's works. Indeed, although Goethe repeated all of Newton's key experiments, he was never able to achieve the same results. Many reasons have been proposed for this, ranging from the psychological — such as a blind hatred of Newtonism, self-deceit and paranoid psychosis — to accusations of incapability — Goethe simply did not understand the experiments. Yet Goethe was never to be dissuaded from this passionate conviction. This translation of Goethe's second polemic, published for the first time in English, makes it clear that Goethe did understand the thrust of Newton's logic. It demonstrates that Goethe's resistance to Newton's theory stemmed from something quite different; his pantheism — the belief in the spiritual nature of light. This prevented him from allowing himself to think of light in physical terms and accepting that it is anything other than simple, immutable, and unknowable. This important new translation will be useful to natural scientists, historians, philosophers and theologians alike and will delight anyone hoping to add a further layer of nuance to Goethe's complex portrait."--Provided by publisher |
| Beschreibung: | Title from PDF file title page (viewed March 23, 2016). - Originally published in German in 1810 as: Zur Farbenlehre |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xlviii, 242 p.) ill. (some col.), col. ports |
| ISBN: | 9781783268481 |
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| spelling | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 Verfasser (DE-588)118540238 aut Zur Farbenlehre Goethe's "exposure of Newton's theory" a polemic on Newton's theory of light and colour translated by Michael Duck and Michael Petry ; with an introduction by Michael Duck Exposure of Newton's theory London Imperial College Press c2016 1 online resource (xlviii, 242 p.) ill. (some col.), col. ports txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Title from PDF file title page (viewed March 23, 2016). - Originally published in German in 1810 as: Zur Farbenlehre "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, although best known for his literary work, was also a keen and outspoken natural scientist. In the second polemic part of Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours), for example, Goethe attacked Isaac Newton's ground-breaking revelation that light is heterogeneous and not immutable, as was previously thought. This polemic was unanimously rejected by the physicists of the day, and has often been omitted from compendia of Goethe's works. Indeed, although Goethe repeated all of Newton's key experiments, he was never able to achieve the same results. Many reasons have been proposed for this, ranging from the psychological — such as a blind hatred of Newtonism, self-deceit and paranoid psychosis — to accusations of incapability — Goethe simply did not understand the experiments. Yet Goethe was never to be dissuaded from this passionate conviction. This translation of Goethe's second polemic, published for the first time in English, makes it clear that Goethe did understand the thrust of Newton's logic. It demonstrates that Goethe's resistance to Newton's theory stemmed from something quite different; his pantheism — the belief in the spiritual nature of light. This prevented him from allowing himself to think of light in physical terms and accepting that it is anything other than simple, immutable, and unknowable. This important new translation will be useful to natural scientists, historians, philosophers and theologians alike and will delight anyone hoping to add a further layer of nuance to Goethe's complex portrait."--Provided by publisher Translated from the German Newton, Isaac / 1642-1727 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 (DE-588)118540238 gnd rswk-swf Newton, Isaac 1643-1727 (DE-588)118587544 gnd rswk-swf Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 Zur Farbenlehre (DE-588)4193539-1 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1800-1900 gnd rswk-swf Color Light Electronic books Farbradierung (DE-588)4113520-9 gnd rswk-swf Farbe (DE-588)4016443-3 gnd rswk-swf Farbenlehre (DE-588)4113517-9 gnd rswk-swf Deutschland (DE-588)4011882-4 gnd rswk-swf 1\p (DE-588)4229053-3 Künstlerbuch gnd-content 2\p (DE-588)4135952-5 Quelle gnd-content Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 (DE-588)118540238 p Newton, Isaac 1643-1727 (DE-588)118587544 p Farbenlehre (DE-588)4113517-9 s 3\p DE-604 Deutschland (DE-588)4011882-4 g Farbe (DE-588)4016443-3 s Geschichte 1800-1900 z 4\p DE-604 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 Zur Farbenlehre (DE-588)4193539-1 u Farbradierung (DE-588)4113520-9 s 5\p DE-604 Duck, Michael Sonstige (DE-588)1136628592 oth Petry, Michael Sonstige oth http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/P1050 Verlag URL des Erstveroeffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 4\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 5\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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| title | Goethe's "exposure of Newton's theory" a polemic on Newton's theory of light and colour |
| title_alt | Zur Farbenlehre Exposure of Newton's theory |
| title_auth | Goethe's "exposure of Newton's theory" a polemic on Newton's theory of light and colour |
| title_exact_search | Goethe's "exposure of Newton's theory" a polemic on Newton's theory of light and colour |
| title_full | Goethe's "exposure of Newton's theory" a polemic on Newton's theory of light and colour translated by Michael Duck and Michael Petry ; with an introduction by Michael Duck |
| title_fullStr | Goethe's "exposure of Newton's theory" a polemic on Newton's theory of light and colour translated by Michael Duck and Michael Petry ; with an introduction by Michael Duck |
| title_full_unstemmed | Goethe's "exposure of Newton's theory" a polemic on Newton's theory of light and colour translated by Michael Duck and Michael Petry ; with an introduction by Michael Duck |
| title_short | Goethe's "exposure of Newton's theory" |
| title_sort | goethe s exposure of newton s theory a polemic on newton s theory of light and colour |
| title_sub | a polemic on Newton's theory of light and colour |
| topic | Newton, Isaac / 1642-1727 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 (DE-588)118540238 gnd Newton, Isaac 1643-1727 (DE-588)118587544 gnd Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 Zur Farbenlehre (DE-588)4193539-1 gnd Color Light Electronic books Farbradierung (DE-588)4113520-9 gnd Farbe (DE-588)4016443-3 gnd Farbenlehre (DE-588)4113517-9 gnd |
| topic_facet | Newton, Isaac / 1642-1727 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 Newton, Isaac 1643-1727 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 Zur Farbenlehre Color Light Electronic books Farbradierung Farbe Farbenlehre Deutschland Künstlerbuch Quelle |
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