Sabine Schimma, Joseph Vogl (Editors)
Versuchsanordnungen 1800.
Zurich: Diaphanes, 2009. First edition. 9783037340288 204 pages.
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9.25", is new.
""Current scientific research has gained new and exemplary texts from Goethe's scientific studies and experiments. Accordingly, one can observe a science in the making here that combines scientific practice with aesthetic reflection and also places the research process in a framework of autobiographical and social self-assurance. Starting with Goethe's nature research and in particular his color theory, this volume seeks to understand various experimental arrangements around and after 1800 as experiments about experimentation, which offer outstanding settings for the emergence of modern sciences: from human experiments to the life sciences, from physiological experiments to the epistemic testing of a new empiricism The volume presents various scientific, media and cultural historical perspectives on experimental culture at the beginning of the 19th century. With contributions by Safia Azzouni, Stefan Blechschmidt, Bernhard Dotzler, Jan Frercks, Michael Gamper, Aurelia Lenné, Jutta Müller-Tamm, Nicolas Pethes, Armin Schäfer, Sabine Schimma, Hubert Thüring und Joseph Vogl."