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Ehrlich, von Humboldt, Siemens, and others
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A shared belief among German scientists in the 19th century, as Alexander von Humboldt phrased it, was that science in all its forms has to serve the betterment of human condition. This volume in The German Library, a companion to volume 82 (German Essays on Science in the 20th Century, also edited by Schirmacher), represents the sciences in a comprehensive way: Natural History, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Economy, and Technology.
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Ehrlich, von Humboldt, Siemens, and others>
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Introduction: Wolfgang Schirmacher
Translated by Virginia Cutrufelli Natural History and Science ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDTReflections on the Enjoyment Presented to Us by Nature
Translated by E.C. Otté LORENZ OKENOn the Utility of Natural History
Translated by Daniel Theisen CARL RITTERAttempt at a General Comparative Geography
Translated by Daniel Theisen LEONHARD EULEROf Mathematics in General
Translator unknown KARL FRIEDRICH GAUSSFoundations of Mathematics
Translated by G. Waldo Dunnington JUSTUS VON LIEBIGOn the Study of the Natural Sciences
Translated by Daniel Theisen ADELBERT VON CHAMISSOA Survey of Botany and the Plant Kingdom
Translated by Daniel Theisen CHRISTOPH VON HUFELANDDuration of the Life of Plants
Translated by Erasmus Wilson ALFRED E. BREHMThe Importance of Birds in the Economy of Nature
Translated by H.M. Labouchere and W. Jesse RUDOLF VIRCHOWThe Task of the Natural Sciences
Translated by Daniel Theisen PAUL EHRLICHOn Immunity with Special Reference to Cell Life
Translated by Charles Bolduan HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZThe Physiological Causes of Harmony in Music
Translated by Russell Kahl ADAM MÜLLEROn the Art of Listening
Translated by Dennis R. Bormann and Elisabeth Leinfellner GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERGOn Physiognomy
Translated by Daniel Theisen Humanities, Social Sciences and Law JOHANN HEINRICH PESTALOZZIThe Art of Human Education
Translated by Daniel Theisen JOHANN JAKOB BACHOFENMy Life in Retrospect
Translated by Ralph Manheim LEOPOLD VON RANKEHistory and Philosophy
Translated by Roger Wines JACOB BURCKHARDTOn Fortune and Misfortune in History
Translated by James Nichols RUDOLF VON IHERINGThe Struggle for Law
Translated by John J. Taylor FRIEDRICH CARL VON SAVIGNYOrigin of Positive Law
Translated by Abraham Hayward CARL VON CLAUSEWITZOn Military Genius
Translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret Economy and Technology FRIEDRICH LISTLabor and the Division of Labor
Translated by Daniel Theisen ERNST ABBEProfit Sharing in Large Industry
Translated by Daniel Slager JOSEPH VON FRAUNHOFEROf the Refractive and the Dispersive Power of Glass
Translated by J.S. Ames GOTTFRIED DAIMLEROn the Novelty of My Patent Number 28022: A Reply
Translated by Daniel Theisen WERNER VON SIEMENSScience, Technology, and Organization
Translator unknown BiographiesTranslated by Virginia Cutrufelli Bibliography