In this work, Holland (German, University of California, Santa Barbara) resurrects the thought of Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810) as well as shedding light on an age in intellectual flux. Ritter may
The lever appears to be a very simple object, a tool used since ancient times for the most primitive of tasks: to lift and to balance. Why, then, were prominent intellectuals active around 1800 in are
Situated at the intersection of literature and science, Holland's study draws upon a diverse corpus of literary and scientific texts which testify to a cultural fascination with procreation around 180
About the same time European scientists were first seriously pondering the nature and mechanics of procreation, says Holland (U. of California-Santa Barbara), writes of German Romanticism began to con
The lever appears to be a very simple object, a tool used since ancient times for the most primitive of tasks: to lift and to balance. Why, then, were prominent intellectuals active around 1800 in are
