Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is most famous for his work on color theory, but he w
as also an accomplished all-round scientist, studying and writing on anatomy, ge
ology, botany, zoology and meteorology. This book draws together, in Goethe's ow
n words, his key ideas on nature, science and scientific method. Goethe believed
that we should study our world and nature as people at home in it, rather than
removedly, as if we were aliens from another planet.
