CiNii Books - Key texts of Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810) on the science and art of nature

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- Ritter, Johann Wilhelm
- Holland, Jocelyn

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Key texts of Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810) on the science and art of nature

translations and essays by Jocelyn Holland

（History of science and medicine library, v. 16）（Medieval and early modern science, v. 13）

Brill, 2010

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Bibliography: p. [691]-695

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810) was an influential scientist of the Romantic era, acquainted with the greatest minds of his day. He made significant contributions in the fields of chemistry and galvanism, but also tested the boundaries of the sciences and the arts through a speculative thinking which placed human intellectual activity within far-reaching historical narratives. Until now, Ritter's work has remained largely unknown to an Anglophone audience. For the first time, this bilingual edition offers English translations of Ritter's work and explanatory essays of three texts - including the complete fragment project - which testify to the confluence of the scientific and aesthetic inquiry around 1800. Medieval and Early Modern Science, 13

Table of Contents

Preface Part One: The Fragment Project (Fragmente aus dem Nachlasse eines jungen Physikers) The Workshop as Monument. Fragments from the Estate of a Young Physicist. Text and Translation: Prologue Text and Translation: Fragments, First Booklet Text and Translation: Fragments, Second Booklet Text and Translation: Ritter's Appendix to the Fragments Part Two: Physics as Art (Physik als Kunst) 1. Essay: A Speech for the Academy 2. Text and Translation: Physics as Art Part Three: The History of Chemistry Tracing the History of Chemistry Text and Translation: Attempt at a History of the Fate of Chemical Theory in the Last Centuries ("Versuch einer Geschichte der Schicksale der chemischen Theorie in den letzten Jahrhunderten") Bibliography Index (English) Index (German)

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