The Metamorphosis of Plants

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Book Overview

Goethe's influential text, newly illustrated with stunning color photographs.

The Metamorphosis of Plants, published in 1790, was Goethe's first major attempt to describe what he called in a letter to a friend "the truth about the how of the organism." Inspired by the diversity of flora he found on a journey to Italy, Goethe sought a unity of form in diverse structures. He came to see in the leaf the germ of a plant's metamorphosis--"the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262013096
• ISBN13: 9780262013093
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher