1749–1832 German poet, scientist and statesman who authored influential works on the morphology of plants and animals, as well as a theory of colours that countered that of Isaac Newton.
Keywords: plants; morphology; colour theory; romantic science
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Michael J Sosulski, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, USA
Published online: February 2003
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002429
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Figure 1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832).
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| Further Reading | |
| book Goethe JW (1790) Versuch, die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklären. Gotha, Germany: Carl Wilhelm Ettinger. | |
| book Goethe JW (1810) Zur Farbenlehre. Tübingen: JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. | |
| book Amrine FJ, Wheeler H and Zucker J (eds) (1987) Goethe and the Sciences: A Re-appraisal. Boston: D. Reidel. | |
| book Magnus R (1949) Goethe as Scientist, Norden H (transl). New York: Schuman. | |
| Overbeck G 1960–1961 Goethes Lehre von der Metamorphose der Pflanzen und ihre Widerspiegelung in seiner Dichtung. Publications of the English Goethe Society 31: 38–59. | |
| book Steiner R (1950) Goethe the Scientist, Wannamaker O (transl). New York: Anthroposophic Press. | |
| book Tantillo A (1994) Nature's Artistry: Goethe's Science and Die Wahlverwandtschaften. Chicago: The University of Chicago. | |
| book Wells GA (1978) Goethe and the Development of the Sciences 1750–1900. Alpen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Sijthoff and Noordhoff. | |
