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Goethe Contra Newton: Polemics and the Project for a New Science of Color
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date March 1, 1988
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780521342544
ISBN-10 0521342546
Dimensions 0.75 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight 1.05 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $88.99
Other format details university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book explains the background and rationale of the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's notorious attack on Isaac Newton's classic theory of white light and colors. Though the merits of Goethe's color science, as advanced in his massive Zur Farbenlehre, have often been acknowledged, it has been almost unanimously proclaimed invalid as physics. How could Goethe have been so mistaken? In his book, Dennis Sepper shows that the condemnation of Goethe's attacks on Newton has been based on erroneous assumptions about the history of Newton's theory and the methods and goals of Goethe's color science. By illuminating the historical background and the experimental, methodological, and philosophical aspects of Goethe's work, the author shows that his color theory is in an important sense genuinely physical and that, as simultaneously poet, scientist, historian, and philosopher, Goethe managed to anticipate important twentieth-century research not only in the history and philosophy of science, but even in color science itself.

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Hardcover
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With Charlie Le Mindu | from Cambridge Univ Pr (March 1, 1988)
9780521342544 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $88.99
This edition also contains Haute Coiffure: Charlie Le Mindu
About: This book explains the background and rationale of the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's notorious attack on Isaac Newton's classic theory of white light and colors.
Paperback
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from Cambridge Univ Pr (February 1, 2003)
9780521531320 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $59.99
About: This book explains the background and rationale of the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's notorious attack on Isaac Newton's classic theory of white light and colors.
Editions for the work Haute Coiffure: Charlie Le Mindu
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780521342544 Book cover for 9781909399662
 
from Roads Pub (June 1, 2016)
9781909399662 | details & prices | 256 pages | List price $550.00
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With Dennis L. Sepper | from Cambridge Univ Pr (March 1, 1988); titled "Goethe Contra Newton: Polemics and the Project for a New Science of Color"
9780521342544 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $88.99
This edition also contains Goethe Contra Newton: Polemics and the Project for a New Science of Color
About: This book explains the background and rationale of the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's notorious attack on Isaac Newton's classic theory of white light and colors.

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