German Essays on Science in the 19th Century

Introduction: Wolfgang Schirmacher
Translated by Virginia Cutrufelli

Natural History and Science

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
Reflections on the Enjoyment Presented to Us by Nature
Translated by E.C. Otte

LORENZ OKEN
On the Utility of Natural History
Translated by Daniel Theisen

CARL RITTER
Attempt at a General Comparative Geography
Translated by Daniel Theisen

LEONHARD EULER
Of Mathematics in General
Translator unknown

KARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS
Foundations of Mathematics
Translated by G. Waldo Dunnington

JUSTUS VON LIEBIG
On the Study of the Natural Sciences
Translated by Daniel Theisen

ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO
A Survey of Botany and the Plant Kingdom
Translated by Daniel Theisen

CHRISTOPH VON HUFELAND
Duration of the Life of Plants
Translated by Erasmus Wilson

ALFRED E. BREHM
The Importance of Birds in the Economy of Nature
Translated by H.M. Labouchere and W. Jesse

RUDOLF VIRCHOW
The Task of the Natural Sciences
Translated by Daniel Theisen

PAUL EHRLICH
On Immunity with Special Reference to Cell Life
Translated by Charles Bolduan

HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ
The Physiological Causes of Harmony in Music
Translated by Russell Kahl

ADAM MÜLLER
On the Art of Listening
Translated by Dennis R. Bormann and Elisabeth Leinfellner

GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG
On Physiognomy
Translated by Daniel Theisen

Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

JOHANN HEINRICH PESTALOZZI
The Art of Human Education
Translated by Daniel Theisen

JOHANN JAKOB BACHOFEN
My Life in Retrospect
Translated by Ralph Manheim

LEOPOLD VON RANKE
History and Philosophy
Translated by Roger Wines

JACOB BURCKHARDT
On Fortune and Misfortune in History
Translated by James Nichols

RUDOLF VON IHERING
The Struggle for Law
Translated by John J. Taylor

FRIEDRICH CARL VON SAVIGNY
Origin of Positive Law
Translated by Abraham Hayward

CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ
On Military Genius
Translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret

Economy and Technology

FRIEDRICH LIST
Labor and the Division of Labor
Translated by Daniel Theisen

ERNST ABBE
Profit Sharing in Large Industry
Translated by Daniel Slager

JOSEPH VON FRAUNHOFER
Of the Refractive and the Dispersive Power of Glass
Translated by J.S. Ames

GOTTFRIED DAIMLER
On the Novelty of My Patent Number 28022: A Reply
Translated by Daniel Theisen

WERNER VON SIEMENS
Science, Technology, and Organization
Translator unknown

Biographies
Translated by Virginia Cutrufelli

Bibliography