Knowledge of Nature

Contents

  1. A Wondrous Plant Consisting of Two Grapevines / As Seen Here (1610)
  2. Johann Jacob Scheuchzer, Copper Bible (1731)
  3. Frontispiece to Jean Aunant’s Gründliche Anweisung zum Seidenbau (1749)
  4. Franz von Paula Schrank, General Guide to the Study of Natural History (1783)
  5. Alexander von Humboldt, Cross-section of the Chimborazo (1807)
  6. Caroline Herschel’s Autobiographies (19th Century)
  7. Hermann von Helmholtz, On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music (1863)
  8. Ottomar Anschütz, Group of Cheetahs (1888)
  9. Robert Koch, “The Aetiology of Tuberculosis” (1882)
  10. Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn, Laboratory (1913)
  11. Max Laue, “Theoretical Section” from “Interference Phenomena for X-Rays” (1912)
  12. Max von Laue, X-ray Interference Apparatus (1912)
  13. Erwin Baur, “The Experimental Creation of More Productive Crop Species” (1927)
  14. Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Breeding Research in Müncheberg (1933/34)
  15. Jakob von Uexküll, A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans: With a Theory of Meaning (1934)
  16. Industrial Ammonia Synthesis according to the Haber-Bosch Process (1938)
  17. Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch, “Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons” (1939)
  18. Hermann Staudinger, Macromolecules (1953)
  19. Alfred Kühn, Science and Moral Responsibility (1953)
  20. Forest Dieback: Cover, Der Spiegel (1981)
  21. Forest Dieback, Spiegel Article Series: “The Forest is Dying: Acid Rain over Germany” (1981)
  22. Commission of Inquiry for “The Protection of the Earth’s Atmosphere” (1994)
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