Book ID: CBB000032367

Romanticism and the sciences (1990)

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Cunningham, Andrew (Editor)
Jardine, Nicholas (Editor)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 1990
Physical Details: xxii + 345 pp.; illus.; notes; index

Description Contents: THE EDITORS: Introduction: The age of reflexion. Knight, David: Romanticism and the sciences. Morgan, S.R.: Schelling and the origins of his Naturphilosophie. Shaffer, Elinor S.: Romantic philosophy and the organization of the disciplines: The founding of the Humboldt University of Berlin. Engelhardt, Dietrich von: Historical consciousness in the German Romantic Naturforschung. Gregory, Frederick: Theology and the sciences in the German Romantic period. Schaffer, Simon: Genius in Romantic natural philosophy. Tsouyopoulos, Nelly: Doctors contra clysters and feudalism: The consequences of a Romantic revolution. Lenoir, Timothy: Morphotypes and the historical-genetic method in Romantic biology. Richards, Evelleen: “Metaphorical mystifications”: The Romantic gestation of nature in British biology. Rehbock, Philip F.: Transcendental anatomy. Jacyna, L.S.: Romantic thought and the origins of cell theory. Nicolson, Malcolm: Alexander von Humboldt and the geography of vegetation. Sepper, Dennis L.: Goethe, colour and the science of seeing. Wetzels, Walter D.: Johann Wilhelm Ritter: Romantic physics in Germany. Lawrence, Christopher: The power and the glory: Humphry Davy and romanticism. Snelders, H.A.M.: Oersted's discovery of electromagnetism. Rupke, Nicolaas A.: Caves, fossils and the history of the earth. Adler, Jeremy: Goethe's use of chemical theory in his Elective affinities. Reeves, Nigel: Kleist's bedlam: Abnormal psychology and psychiatry in the works of Heinrich von Kleist. Levere, Trevor H.: Coleridge and the sciences. Van Leer, David: Nature's book: The language of science in the American Renaissance. Reddick, John: The shattered whole: Georg Büchner and Naturphilosophie.


Reviewed By

Review Eriksson, G. (1992) Review of "Romanticism and the sciences". Lychnos (pp. 223-24). unapi

Review Black, J. (1992) Review of "Romanticism and the sciences". Studies in Romanticism (pp. 394-401). unapi

Review Rousseau, G.S. (1993) Review of "Romanticism and the sciences". History of European Ideas (pp. 659-63). unapi

Review Ward, R. (1991) Review of "Romanticism and the sciences". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 104). unapi

Review Rousseau, G.S. (1993) Review of "Romanticism and the sciences". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 570-75). unapi

Review Steigerwald, J. (1991) Review of "Romanticism and the sciences". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 384-86). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Morgan, S.R. (1990) Schelling and the origins of his Naturphilosophie. In: Romanticism and the sciences (p. 25). unapi

Chapter Sepper, Dennis L. (1990) Goethe, colour, and the science of seeing. In: Romanticism and the sciences (p. 189). unapi

Chapter Wetzels, Walter D. (1990) Johann Wilhelm Ritter: Romantic physics in Germany. In: Romanticism and the sciences (p. 199). unapi

Chapter Snelders, H.A.M. (1990) Oersted's discovery of electromagnetism. In: Romanticism and the sciences (p. 228). unapi

Chapter Levere, Trevor H. (1990) Coleridge and the sciences. In: Romanticism and the sciences (p. 295). unapi

Chapter Nicolson, Malcolm (1990) Alexander von Humboldt and the geography of vegetation. In: Romanticism and the sciences (p. 169). unapi

Chapter Reddick, John (1990) The shattered whole: Georg Büchner and Naturphilosophie. In: Romanticism and the sciences (p. 322). unapi

Chapter Lawrence, Christopher (1990) The power and the glory: Humphry Davy and Romanticism. In: Romanticism and the sciences (p. 213). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Reingold, Nathan
Oleson, Alexandra
Bacquemont, Daniel
Palsky, Gilles
Blumenthal, Henry J.
Lindenfeld, David F.
Journals
British Journal for the History of Science
Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale
Archives des Sciences (Geneva)
Studies in Romanticism
Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society
Women's Writing: The Elizabethan to Victorian Period
Publishers
Louisiana State University Press
University of California Press
Johns Hopkins University Press
Berger-Levrault
LINT
MIT Press
Concepts
Science
International relations
Positivism
Jews
Technology
Classification of knowledge
People
Meinong, Alexius
Cournot, Antoine Augustin
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Huxley, Thomas Henry
Richard, Jules
Richard, Félix
Time Periods
19th century
Places
North America: United States; Canada
Europe
British Isles
France
Russia; Baltic States; Finland
Italy
Institutions
Università di Padova
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