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Goethe's Exposure of Newton's Theory a Polemic on Newton's Theory of Light and Colour
Author: Michael John Duck, Michael Petry
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, although best known for his literary work, was also a keen and outspoken natural scientist. In the second polemic part of Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours), for example, Goethe attacked Isaac Newton's ground-breaking revelation that light is heterogeneous and not immutable, as was previously thought.This polemic was...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781783265886
ISBN-10: 1783265884
Publication Date: 3/31/2016
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Publisher: Imperial College Press
Book Type: Paperback
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