M. de Goethe, botaniste

Goethe for prosody

In this paper, we describe the way in which a recording of Goethe’s “Die Leiden des jungen Werther” published on a multimedia CDROM [7] was made accessible for prosody research. The recording is interesting for prosody research because of its prosodic richness as it displays a large variety of registers and speaking styles. Application areas are: development of prosody models for German TTS, un...

Eddy M. De Robertis

bees at two sites where hives were surrounded by dense occurrences of aloes. Nectar from this plant is considered to be important for bee honey reserves, although it is known to be dilute compared with other sources. The researchers measured the crop volumes of bees at foraging sites around the aloe flowers and also at the entrance to their hives. They found that there was no significant differ...

Goethe and the Molecular Aesthetic

I argue here that Goethe’s “delicate empiricism” is not an alternative approach to science, but an approach that scientists use consistently, though they usually do not label it as such. I further contend that Goethe’s views are relevant to today’s science, specifically to work on the structure of macromolecules such as proteins. Using the work of Agnes Arber, a botanist and philosopher of scie...

Goethe and the Evolution of Science

This article is based on a talk Craig gave in October 2013 at the New York Academy of Sciences. The talk was sponsored by the Lyceum Society within the Academy, a group consisting mainly of semi-retired and retired scientists who invite guest speakers to speak about topics of interest. About 35 scientists attended Craig’s talk, which was followed by a lively question and answer session. Clearly...

The Fool's Truth: Diderot, Goethe, and Hegel