The Metamorphosis of Plants by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gordon L. Miller
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Description Goethe s influential text, newly illustrated with stunning colour photographs.
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Goethe's influential text, newly illustrated with stunning color photographs.Goethe's influential text, newly illustrated with stunning colour photographs.The Metamorphosis of Plants, published in 1790, was Goethe's first major attempt to describe what he called in a letter to a friend "the truth about the how of the organism." Inspired by the diversity of flora he found on a journey to Italy, Goethe sought a unity of form in diverse structures. He came to see in the leaf the germ of a plant's metamorphosis-"the true Proteus who can hide or reveal himself in all vegetal forms"-from the root and stem leaves to the calyx and corolla, to pistil and stamens. With this short book-123 numbered paragraphs, in the manner of the great botanist Linnaeus-Goethe aimed to tell the story of botanical forms in process, to present, in effect, a motion picture of the metamorphosis of plants. This MIT Press edition of The Metamorphosis of Plants illustrates Goethe's text (in an English translation by Douglas Miller) with a series of stunning and starkly beautiful colour photographs as well as numerous line drawings. It is the most completely and colourfully illustrated edition of Goethe's book ever published. It demonstrates vividly Goethe's ideas of transformation and interdependence, as well as the systematic use of imagination in scientific research-which influenced thinkers ranging from Darwin to Thoreau and has much to teach us today about our relationship with nature.
Author Biography
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), a towering figure in German literature, was the author of The Sorrows of Young Werther, Faust, Italian Journey, The Theory of Colours (MIT Press edition, 1970), and many other works.
Details ISBN 0262551020 ISBN-13 9780262551021 Title The Metamorphosis of Plants Author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gordon L. Miller Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 156 Publisher MIT Press Ltd GE_Item_ID:161132980; About Us
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