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Goethe contra Newton: polemics and the project for a new science of color

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This book explains the background and rationale of the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's notorious attack on Isaac Newton's classic thoery of white light and colours. The author shows that the condemnation of his attack has been based on erroneous assumptions.

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Defining the questions of the Farbenlehre -- The Farbenlehre in its origin -- The problematics of Newton's theory of white light and colors -- Factuality, certainty, and the organization of science -- Goethe and the ethos of science.

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    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988

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    • 0521342546
    • 9780521342544

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