By closely following Goethe's explanations of the color phenomena, the reader may become so divorced from the wavelength theory—Goethe never even mentions it—that he may ...

The author of Faust provides a unique perspective on the nature of color, compensating for his scientific inaccuracy with inimitable prose and stimulating ideas.

In this classic of speculative science, Goethe, the author of Faust and one of the world's greatest thinkers, provides a unique perspective on the nature of color. While not ...